CVE-2024-25041
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 12.0.0, 12.0.1, and 12.0.2 is potentially vulnerable to cross site scripting (XSS). A remote attacker could execute malicious commands due to improper validation of column headings in Cognos Assistant. IBM X-Force ID: 282780.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceIBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 12.0.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cognos Assistant. The vulnerability stems from improper validation of column headings, allowing a remote attacker to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users' sessions.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 11.2.0, <= 11.2.3>= 12.0.0, <= 12.0.2= 11.2.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed IBM Cognos Analytics versionCheck the product version through the Cognos Administration console (http://<host>/cognos/admin), or look for version.info in the installation directory, or query the Cognos Configuration tool.Affected if The installed version falls within 11.2.0 through 11.2.3, equals 11.2.4, or falls within 12.0.0 through 12.0.2.
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Verify Cognos Assistant feature is accessibleLog into the Cognos Analytics web interface and attempt to access the Cognos Assistant feature, typically found in the product navigation or as a chat/assistant component.Affected if Cognos Assistant is enabled and accessible to users.
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Confirm user permissions for report authoringCheck user or group roles in Cognos Administration to determine if the account has permission to create or modify reports, dashboards, or analysis services where column headings can be defined.Affected if Users have author or admin capabilities that allow creating content with column headings.
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Inspect column heading configurations in reportsReview existing reports, dashboards, or packages through the Cognos Analytics Content Manager database or web interface to examine stored column heading definitions.Affected if Column headings exist in reports and can be viewed or edited through the interface.
A user is affected if they run IBM Cognos Analytics within the version range 11.2.0-11.2.3, 11.2.4, or 12.0.0-12.0.2 and have Cognos Assistant accessible with the ability to create or view reports containing column headings.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch when available. Until then, consider restricting access to Cognos Assistant functionality and implementing input sanitization on column heading fields at the web application firewall level.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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