# CVE-2024-5532: A stored XSS vulnerability has been discovered on OpenText™ Operations Agent (OA).

> A local admin can inject scripts into the Operations Agent status page, allowing content manipulation on the local system.

- **Severity:** Low 1.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:C/RE:M/U:Red`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cm3c-fgqh-p9r2

## What is CVE-2024-5532?

CVE-2024-5532 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Agent, published on 28 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Agent. 

The XSS vulnerability could allow an attacker with local admin permissions to manipulate the content of the internal status page of the Agent on the local system. 

This issue affects Operations Agent: 12.20, 12.21, 12.22, 12.23, 12.24, 12.25, 12.26.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5532?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Operations Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5532?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5532 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5532 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OpenText™ Operations Agent

- [CVE-2021-22505](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22505/): Privilege escalation in Operations Agent (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-0622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0622/): Local privilege escalation vulnerability could affect OpenText Operations Agent on Non-Windows platforms. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-2123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2123/): Privilege escalation vulnerability in Operations Agent (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2020-11861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11861/): Privilege escalation in Operations Agent (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-17085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17085/): XML external entity in Operations Agent (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5532 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5532 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Agent, published on 28 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5532 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText™ Operations Agent. 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-2024-5532/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5532/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5532
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5532
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5532

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5532/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.