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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-36126

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.

Published May 26, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 24, 2026 · cognos analytics

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36126. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of cognos analytics is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe ibm/cognos analytics

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe ibm/cognos analytics11.2
  • cpe ibm/cognos analytics11.2.0
  • cpe ibm/cognos analytics11.2.1
  • cpe ibm/cognos analytics11.2.2
  • cpe ibm/cognos analytics11.2.3
  • cpe ibm/cognos analytics11.2.4

How to fix CVE-2025-36126

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-36126. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of cognos analytics is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with ibm/cognos analytics 11.2; ibm/cognos analytics 11.2.0; ibm/cognos analytics 11.2.1; ibm/cognos analytics 11.2.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 26, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-36126

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-36126

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-36126

    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

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.