CVE-2024-25042
Published: 18 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-25042 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 28.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-22404
Vulnerability details
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.
- 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.