CVE-2012-4840 describes an XPath injection vulnerability in multiple versions of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI), including 8.4.1, 10.1, 10.1.1, and 10.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute XPath injection attacks and call XPath extension functions through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure (partial impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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