CVE-2023-28530
Published: 22 July 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-28530 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-32200
Vulnerability details
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…
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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.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.