# CVE-2020-11859: Potential Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in OpenText iManager

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into OpenText iManager, potentially stealing user sessions or executing code in the victim's browser.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3m9q-xm72-wq62

## What is CVE-2020-11859?

CVE-2020-11859 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenText iManager, published on 6 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText iManager allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects iManager before 3.2.3

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11859?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Imanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11859?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11859 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-11859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenText iManager

- [CVE-2021-38116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38116/): Possible Command injection Vulnerability in OpenText iManager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-38117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38117/): Possible Remote Code Execution Vulnerability OpenText iManager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-24467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24467/): Possible Command Injection in OpenText iManager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-38135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38135/): Possible External service interaction Vulnerability in OpenText iManager (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2024-3969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3969/): XML External Entity injection vulnerability in iManager (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11859 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11859 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenText iManager, published on 6 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText iManager. 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-2020-11859/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11859/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11859
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11859
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11859

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11859/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.