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CVE-2012-4840

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% 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-94

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 attackers to conduct XPath injection attacks, and call XPath extension functions, via unspecified vectors.

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/79116
• 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/79116

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