CVE-2013-2978

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2013-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the server in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2, and 10.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to read files by leveraging the Report Author privilege, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2988.

Affected products

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence: 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, 10.2, 10.2.1

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21645566
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83971
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21645566
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83971

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