# CVE-2017-9280: Novell Identity Manager User Application get request url contains the session token.

> Attackers can steal session tokens exposed in URLs to hijack user sessions in NetIQ Identity Manager applications.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r5c4-26wh-2wgw

## What is CVE-2017-9280?

CVE-2017-9280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetIQ Identity Manager Applications, published on 2 Mar 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), CWE-598 (Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9280?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Netiq Identity Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-9280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-9280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NetIQ Identity Manager Applications

- [CVE-2006-4803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4803/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2015-0787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0787/): Cross-site scripting in NetIQ Designer for Identity Manager before 4.5.3 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2016-1592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1592/): Cross-site scripting in NetIQ Designer for Identity Manager before 4.5.3 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-7427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7427/): iManager - Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2017-7426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7426/): iManager - XML External Entity vulnerabilities (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-9280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-9280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetIQ Identity Manager Applications, published on 2 Mar 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NetIQ Identity Manager Applications. 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-2017-9280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9280

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9280/
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