What is CVE-2021-22531?

CVE-2021-22531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Access Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-22531?

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

XSS in Microfocus Access Manager

CVE-2021-22531

A bug exist in the input parameter of Access Manager that allows supply of invalid character to trigger cross-site scripting vulnerability. This affects NetIQ Access Manager 4.5 and 5.0

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Microfocus Access Manager — versions 4.5, 5.0
Netiq Access Manager — versions 4.5, 5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager502-release-no…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22531?: CVE-2021-22531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Access Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-22531?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.