CVE-2012-4837

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Published Mar 2, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks, and read arbitrary XML files, via unspecified vectors.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4762	IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks, and read arbitrary XML files, via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.082% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21626697
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24034373
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78919

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Cognos Business Intelligence

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:50 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Mar 2, 2013, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:50 PM
Reserved: Sep 6, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 5, 2013, 5:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM

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