# CVE-2020-25840: Cross-Site scripting vulnerability in Micro Focus Access Manager product, affects all version prior to version 5.0.


- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-955f-4fpp-56rx

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25840?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in Access Manager.

- [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-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)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25840
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25840
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25840

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25840/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.