CVE-2012-0205

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

InfoSphere Metadata Workbench (MWB) 8.1 through 8.7 in IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.1, 8.5 before FP3, and 8.7 does not properly restrict use of the troubleshooting feature, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions or cause a denial of service (workbench outage) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

IBM InfoSphere Information Server: 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.0.1, 8.5.0.2, 8.7
IBM Infosphere Metadata Workbench: 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.5, 8.7

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21623501
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73265
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21623501
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73265

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