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CVE-2017-7419: NetIQ Access Manager OAuth Consent screen XSS attack

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A OAuth application in NetIQ Access Manager 4.3 before 4.3.2 and 4.2 before 4.2.4 allowed cross site scripting attacks due to unescaped "description" field that could be specified by the provider.

Affected products

• NetIQ Access Manager: from 4.2 before 4.2.4; from 4.3 before 4.3.2 — fixed in 4.2.4, 4.3.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NetIQ Access Manager 4.2.4, 4.3.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031853
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7019893
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031853
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7019893

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