What is CVE-2010-1242?

CVE-2010-1242 is a vulnerability in IBM Webi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2010-04-05.

Is CVE-2010-1242 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in IBM Webi

CVE-2010-1242

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the IBM Web Interface for Content Management (aka WEBi) before 1.0.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2010-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Webi — versions 1.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

shameekASC5/AdobePDF

References

secunia.com/advisories/39186 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch)
www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (vendor-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0733 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0834 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-1242?: CVE-2010-1242 is a vulnerability in IBM Webi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2010-04-05.
Is CVE-2010-1242 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.