CVE-2012-4836: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2012-4836: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 be...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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 authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is not properly handled during rendering of stored data.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 6, 2024, 20:50 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is a stored cross-site scripting issue in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. An authenticated user could save crafted content that Cognos later renders as web script or HTML. The main business risk is abuse of trusted BI sessions, especially where Cognos contains sensitive reports or privileged administrative views. Exposure is most likely in legacy IBM Cognos BI deployments that remain on the listed pre-interim-fix versions. The source bundle does not identify unauthenticated exposure or affected products beyond Cognos BI. Treat this as a legacy-platform hygiene issue with moderate urgency. It is not cited as actively exploited, but BI platforms often contain sensitive business data and trusted user sessions, so lingering vulnerable Cognos versions should be removed from production. Mitigation focus: Apply the relevant IBM Cognos BI interim fix for the affected branch.; Upgrade unsupported Cognos BI instances to a maintained release path.; Restrict Cognos authoring and administrative access to trusted users..

Prepared: Jun 15, 2026, 04:24 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Mar 2, 2013, 21:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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cognos-business-intel-xss(78918)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF

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