Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-1494

Ibm Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1 … 10.2.5

Published
26 August 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0029 21th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1494 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames (CWE-1021) vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Command Center. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 21th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-15 (Collaborative Computing Devices and Applications) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Cognos Command Center 10.2.4.1 and 10.2.5 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the…

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victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

ibm
cognos command center
10.2.4.1, 10.2.5

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SC-15 Collaborative Computing Devices and Applications
  • SI-15 Information Output Filtering
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly mitigates clickjacking by restricting how the application's UI can be embedded or framed by untrusted external sites.

prevent

Requires output filtering (e.g., security headers such as X-Frame-Options or CSP frame-ancestors) to block malicious rendering of the IBM Cognos UI.

prevent

Enforces information-flow rules that can limit unauthorized cross-origin framing or overlay of application interface elements.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require implementing frame-ancestors / X-Frame-Options controls that prevent this weakness.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect missing frame protections, but does not itself implement the control.

degrades

Web filtering can block or sandbox untrusted frames, but does not enforce application-level frame-busting or CSP.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate frame-ancestors / X-Frame-Options, directly addressing UI redressing risks.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include isolation of UI layers and proper use of browser security controls.

prevents

Secure coding practices directly require implementation of frame-busting headers or CSP frame-ancestors directives.

References