6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-22531
NetIQ Access Manager Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Description

A bug exist in the input parameter of Access Manager that allows supply of invalid character to trigger cross-site scripting vulnerability. This affects NetIQ Access Manager 4.5 and 5.0

INFO

Published Date :

May 12, 2022, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-22531 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microfocus access_manager
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager502-release-notes/accessmanager502-release-notes.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Micro Focus International (DEFUNCT) OpenText
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference OpenText https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager502-release-notes/accessmanager502-release-notes.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Micro Focus International (DEFUNCT) https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager502-release-notes/accessmanager502-release-notes.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager502-release-notes/accessmanager502-release-notes.html No Types Assigned https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager502-release-notes/accessmanager502-release-notes.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp1_hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp1_hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp2_hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp2_hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp3_hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp3_patch3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:4.5:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:access_manager:5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.33851

percentile

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