CVE-2012-2161 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in deferredView.jsp in IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS), as used in IBM Security AppScan Source 7.x and 8.x before 8.6 and IBM SPSS Data Collection Developer Library 6.0 and 6.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in deferredView.jsp in IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS), as used in IBM Security AppScan Source 7.x and 8.x before 8.6 and IBM SPSS Data Collection Developer Library 6.0 and 6.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL

Published Jun 20, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.77%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in deferredView.jsp in IBM Eclipse Help System (IEHS), as used in IBM Security AppScan Source 7.x and 8.x before 8.6 and IBM SPSS Data Collection Developer Library 6.0 and 6.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.77% 0.01773

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01773

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.77% (0.01773)	77.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.77% (0.01773)	75.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00350)	55.23th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.18% (0.00177)	56.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 25, 2024	0.18% (0.00177)	55.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00177)	53.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596690
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598423
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74833
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21596690		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598423		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74833		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Jun 20, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Apr 4, 2012

Link CVE-2012-2161

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-2161

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-2161