IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 12.0, and 12.1.0 and IBM Cognos Transformer 12.0, 11.2.4, and 12.1.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cognos Adminstration. This vulnerability allows a privileged user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.

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Fixes

Solution

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading to latest versions Product(s)Version(s) number and/or range Remediation/Fix/InstructionsIBM Cognos Analytics11.2.0 - 11.2.4 FP6 IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 Fix Pack 7 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7270262 IBM Cognos Analytics12.0.0 - 12.0.4 FP1 IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 Fix Pack 2 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7269268 IBM Cognos Analytics12.1.0 - 12.1.1 IF1 IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.2 https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7258071


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History

Wed, 27 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 27 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Title IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by Cross-site scripting.

Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0, 12.0, and 12.1.0 and IBM Cognos Transformer 12.0, 11.2.4, and 12.1.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Cognos Adminstration. This vulnerability allows a privileged user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
Title IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities
First Time appeared Ibm
Ibm cognos Analytics
Ibm cognos Transformer
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_analytics:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:11.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_transformer:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ibm
Ibm cognos Analytics
Ibm cognos Transformer
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T17:20:14.707Z

Reserved: 2025-04-15T21:16:18.171Z

Link: CVE-2025-36126

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T17:20:10.147Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-26T17:16:28.713

Modified: 2026-05-26T19:06:14.330

Link: CVE-2025-36126

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:04:54Z

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