PT-2012-3845

CVE-2012-2161

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Published

2012-06-20

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.3
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS) versions 7.x through 8.5 IBM Security AppScan Source versions 7.x through 8.5 IBM SPSS Data Collection Developer Library versions 6.0 through 6.0.1
Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL. This affects the deferredView.jsp file in the IBM Eclipse Help System.
Recommendations For IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS) versions 7.x through 8.5, update to version 8.6 or later. For IBM Security AppScan Source versions 7.x through 8.5, update to version 8.6 or later. For IBM SPSS Data Collection Developer Library versions 6.0 through 6.0.1, consider disabling access to the deferredView.jsp file until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-2161
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