What is CVE-2016-5756?

CVE-2016-5756 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-2016-5756?

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

XSS in Netiq Access_manager

CVE-2016-5756

Multiple components of the web tools in NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 were vulnerable to Reflected Cross Site Scripting attacks which could be used to hijack user sessions: nps/servlet/frameservice, n…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.7th 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-2016-5756?: CVE-2016-5756 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-2016-5756?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.