CVE-2024-25042
IBM Cognos Analytics cross-site scripting
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3
is potentially vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A remote attacker could execute malicious commands due to improper validation of column headings in Cognos Explorations.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Cognos Analytics cross-site scripting
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3
is potentially vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A remote attacker could execute malicious commands due to improper validation of column headings in Cognos Explorations.
- Record
CVE-2024-25042- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-22404
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3
is potentially vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A remote attacker could execute malicious commands due to improper validation of column headings in Cognos Explorations.
- Record
EUVD-2024-22404- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g3fv-gcpq-5jgx
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3 is potentially...
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3
is potentially vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A remote attacker could execute malicious commands due to improper validation of column headings in Cognos Explorations.
- Record
GHSA-g3fv-gcpq-5jgx- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 through 11.2.4 and 12.0.0 through 12.0.3
is potentially vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). A remote attacker could execute malicious commands due to improper validation of column headings in Cognos Explorations.
- Record
CVE-2024-25042- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-25042 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published December 18, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.