What is CVE-2022-43883?

CVE-2022-43883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-43883?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics

CVE-2022-43883

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 could be vulnerable to a Log Injection attack by constructing URLs from user-controlled data. This could enable attackers to make arbitrary requests to the internal network or to the local file system. IBM X-Force ID: 240266.

Published 2022-12-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.1.7, 11.2.0, 11.2.1
IBM Cognos Analytics — versions 11.1.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6841801 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/240266 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-43883?: CVE-2022-43883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cognos Analytics, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-43883?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.