CVE-2014-5216: microfocus access_manager Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5216 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in microfocus access_manager. EPSS estimates a 3.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 6 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 23-12-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in NetIQ Access Manager (NAM) 4.x before 4.0.1 HF3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the location parameter in a dev.Empty action to nps/servlet/webacc, (2) the error parameter to nidp/jsp/x509err.jsp, (3) the lang parameter to sslvpn/applet_agent.jsp, or (4) the secureLoggingServersA parameter to roma/system/cntl, a different issue than CVE-2014-9412.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.