What is CVE-2016-1598?

CVE-2016-1598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Novell Identity Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-1598?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Novell Identity Manager

CVE-2016-1598

XSS in NetIQ IDM 4.5 Identity Applications before 4.5.4 allows attackers able to change their username to inject arbitrary HTML code into the Role Assignment administrator HTML pages.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Novell Identity_manager — versions 4.5
Novell Identity_manager_identity_applications
N/a Netiq Idm 4.5 Identity Applications Before 4.5.4 — versions NetIQ IDM 4.5 Identity Applications before 4.5.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@opentext.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1598?: CVE-2016-1598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Novell Identity Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-1598?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.