CVE-2012-2160: IBM Rational Change

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM Rational Change 5.3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the SUPP_TEMPLATE_FLAG parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected products

• IBM Rational Change: version 5.3 only

Published 2022-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.