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CVE-2025-1494VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-1494: IBM Cognos Command Center · Clickjacking

Affects IBM Cognos Command CenterSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
IBM Cognos Command CenterAffected
  • =10.2.4.1
  • =10.2.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability effectively, European organizations should: 1) Monitor IBM's official security advisories closely for patches or updates addressing CVE-2025-1494 and apply them promptly once available. 2) Implement strict web browsing policies for users with access to IBM Cognos Command Center, including restricting access to untrusted or unknown websites to reduce the risk of clickjacking attacks. 3) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers and X-Frame-Options on internal web applications to prevent framing by malicious sites. 4) Conduct user awareness training focused on recognizing phishing and social engineering attempts that could lead to visiting malicious sites. 5) Use network-level protections such as web filtering and intrusion detection systems to block access to known malicious domains. 6) Review and harden the configuration of IBM Cognos Command Center, limiting user permissions to the minimum necessary to reduce the impact of any hijacked clicks. 7) Consider implementing multi-factor authentication and session management controls to detect and prevent unauthorized actions resulting from click hijacking. These measures, combined with timely patching, will reduce the attack surface and limit the potential damage from exploitation.

Description

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

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