# CVE-2014-5215: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote authenticated administrators can discover service-account passwords via specific JSP endpoints in NetIQ Access Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w492-8wmj-crw3

## What is CVE-2014-5215?

CVE-2014-5215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

NetIQ Access Manager (NAM) 4.x before 4.0.1 HF3 allows remote authenticated administrators to discover service-account passwords via a request to (1) roma/jsp/volsc/monitoring/dev_services.jsp or (2) roma/jsp/debug/debug.jsp.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5215?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Access Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-5215?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-5215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2021-22506](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22506/): Micro Focus Access Manager Information Leakage (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-11878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11878/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in OpenText Access Manager (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-22528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22528/): Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1 (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2021-22496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22496/): Auth bypass in Access Manager (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2014-5217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5217/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5215 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-5215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5215/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5215
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5215
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5215

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5215/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.