CVE-2012-4837 describes an XPath injection vulnerability in multiple versions of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI), specifically 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, and 10.2. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary XML files. With a CVSS score of 4.0, it is considered a low severity vulnerability, requiring authentication and having a low attack complexity, with the primary impact being information disclosure (confidentiality). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.