Cross-site scripting in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server - CVE-2012-4836
Published: June 23, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77673
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4836
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
Description
Vulnerability allows a remote user to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI). A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..