What is CVE-2018-12480?

CVE-2018-12480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Access Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-12480?

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

XSS in Microfocus Access Manager

CVE-2018-12480

Mitigates an XSS issue in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to 4.4 SP3.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-11-15 · 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 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% 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

Microfocus Access Manager — versions 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Netiq Edirectory Access Manager (Nam) — versions NetIQ Access Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12480?: CVE-2018-12480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Access Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-12480?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.