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CVE-2017-14799
XSS Vulnerability with ESP URL
Medium4.6EPSS 0.74%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
A cross site scripting attack in handling the ESP login parameter handling in NetIQ Access Manager before 4.3.3 could be used to inject javascript code into the login page.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microfocus
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.74% · top 45% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- cross site scripting attack in the login parameter handling due to incorrect quoting
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 4.3 – < 4.3.3
References (1)
- https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7022358 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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