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)

Published 2017-03-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netiq Access Manager — versions 4.1, 4.2
Netiq Access Manager — versions NetIQ Access Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php

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.