Information disclosure in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server - CVE-2012-4837
Published: June 23, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77678
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4837
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote user can conduct XPath injection attacks, and read arbitrary XML files via unspecified vectors.
Affected software
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
How to mitigate CVE-2012-4837
Install updates from vendor's website.
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server - addressed in versions 8.4.1.1, 10.1.1.2, 10.1.2, 10.2.1