CVE-2011-0486

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.43%
Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0486?
CVE-2011-0486 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0486?
To fix CVE-2011-0486, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0486 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-0486 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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