What is CVE-2021-22524?

CVE-2021-22524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Micro Focus Netiq Access Manager, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-22524?

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

XPath Injection in Micro Focus Netiq Access Manager

CVE-2021-22524

Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4

Published 2021-09-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

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

Micro Focus Netiq Access Manager — versions NetIQ Access Manager
Microfocus Access Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22524?: CVE-2021-22524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Micro Focus Netiq Access Manager, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-22524?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.