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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been addressed in IBM Cognos Analytics (CVE-2019-4139)

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Summary

This bulletin addresses a security vulnerability that has been fixed in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.2 and IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.13 FP1.

A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject code into a GET statement when importing visualizations. This has been addressed in the latest available updates.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-4139
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/158335 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.1

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.0

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0

 

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the appropriate fix IBM Cognos Analytics as soon as practical.

 

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

23 May 2019: Original Version Published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Internal Use Only

Advisory :15425
PRID: 132527
APAR: PH02903 CROSS SITE SCRIPTING ISSUE

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 May 2019

UID

ibm10883872