CVE-2012-2161

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in deferredView.jsp in IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS), as used in IBM Security AppScan Source 7.x and 8.x before 8.6 and IBM SPSS Data Collection Developer Library 6.0 and 6.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Affected products

IBM Corporation AppScan Source: 7.0, 8.0, 8.0.0.1, 8.0.0.2, 8.5, 8.5.0.1
IBM Spss Data Collection: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596690
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598423
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74833
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596690
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598423
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74833

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