Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server - CVE-2012-2177
Published: June 23, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77668
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2177
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the search feature.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2177
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server - addressed in versions 8.4.1.1, 10.1.1.2, 10.1.2, 10.2.1