CVE-2011-0486 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cognos.cgi in IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before FP1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pathinfo parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00427.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ibm Subscribe	Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_8_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-0506	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cognos.cgi in IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before FP1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pathinfo parameter.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/70485
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024954
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24026110
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515643/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45781
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0090
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64660

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-01-18T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:09.167Z

Reserved: 2011-01-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-0486

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-01-18T18:03:08.470

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0486

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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