IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2013-0586 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	61998
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-0586
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 21 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 13 2013 12:24AM
Credit:	Oren Ofer of Hacktics Advanced Security Center at Ernst & Young.
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2013-0586 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is prone to an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2, and 10.2.1 are vulnerable.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2013-0586 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2013-0586 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2013-0586 Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• IBM Homepage (IBM)