What is CVE-2016-5751?

CVE-2016-5751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netiq Access_manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-5751?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Netiq Access_manager

CVE-2016-5751

An unfiltered finalizer target URL in the SAML processing feature in Identity Server in NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 HF1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 could be used to trigger XSS and leak authentication credentials.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Netiq Access_manager — versions 4.1, 4.2
N/a Netiq Access Manager — versions NetIQ Access Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@opentext.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5751?: CVE-2016-5751 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netiq Access_manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-5751?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.