CVE-2012-4836

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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 inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is not properly handled during rendering of stored data.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence: 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2

References

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/78918
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/78918

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