Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2025-36126IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by Cross-site scripting.

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Cognos Analytics from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM	Cognos Analytics	11.2.012.012.1.0
IBM	Cognos Transformer	12.011.2.412.1.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7272628 vendor-advisory, patch