CVE-2020-25840 Cross-Site scripting vulnerability in Micro Focus Access Manager product, affects all version prior to version 5.0.
Medium 6.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-25840 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-25840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Access Manager., published on 26 Mar 2021.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Access Manager.. 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-2020-25840/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25840/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-25840?
CVE-2020-25840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Access Manager., published on 26 Mar 2021.
Official description
Cross-Site scripting vulnerability in Micro Focus Access Manager product, affects all version prior to version 5.0. The vulnerability could cause configuration destruction.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25840?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microfocus Access Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-25840?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-25840 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-22506 Micro Focus Access Manager Information Leakage
- CVE-2026-11878 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in OpenText Access Manager
- CVE-2021-22528 Information leakage vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1
- CVE-2021-22496 Auth bypass in Access Manager
- CVE-2014-5217 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-955f-4fpp-56rx.