CVE-2014-5216 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2014-5216?

CVE-2014-5216 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in NetIQ Access Manager (NAM) 4.x before 4.0.1 HF3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the location parameter in a dev.Empty action to nps/servlet/webacc, (2) the error parameter to nidp/jsp/x509err.jsp, (3) the lang parameter to sslvpn/applet_agent.jsp, or (4) the secureLoggingServersA parameter to roma/system/cntl, a different issue than CVE-2014-9412.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5216?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microfocus Access Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2014-5216 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5216 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-22506 Micro Focus Access Manager Information Leakage Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2026-11878 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in OpenText Access Manager High 8.2
• 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 Auth bypass in Access Manager High 7.5
• CVE-2014-5217 Cross-site request forgery in n/a Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-f242-mjwv-h962.