CVE-2025-36126 (GCVE-0-2025-36126)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 15:52 – Updated: 2026-05-26 15:52
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Title
IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities
Summary
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 12.0, and 12.1.0 and IBM Cognos Transformer 12.0, 11.2.4, and 12.1.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cognos Adminstration. This vulnerability allows a privileged user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
ibm
References
URL Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7272628 vendor-advisorypatch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
IBM Cognos Analytics Affected: 11.2.0 , ≤ 3.2.4.15 (semver)
Affected: 12.0
Affected: 12.1.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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IBM Cognos Transformer Affected: 12.0
Affected: 11.2.4
Affected: 12.1.0
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:11.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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