CVE-2026-7884 (GCVE-0-2026-7884)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-14 20:55
Modified
2026-09-15 17:31
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.0 through 12.1.3 FP1, and 12.0.4 through 12.0.4 FP2 allows a non-privileged user to edit their given name and surname to include malicious JavaScript code. When an administrator later accesses the user account management panel and views that user's permissions, the malicious JavaScript code is executed. This could result in the cookies from the administrator being compromised.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cognos Analytics Version: 12.1.0   ≤ 12.1.3 FP1
Version: 12.0.4   ≤ 12.0.4 FP2
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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