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CVE-2017-1486

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1486 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence versions 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.1.1, and 10.2.2. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the web UI, potentially leading to credential disclosure within a trusted user session. While the attack complexity is low, user interaction is required for successful exploitation. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/128624
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory