CVE-2020-11850: Cross site scripting vulnerability in Self Service Password Reset

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText Self Service Password Reset allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Self Service Password Reset before 4.5.0.2 and 4.4.0.6

Affected products

OpenText Self Service Password Reset: before 4.4; 4.4, 4.4-update_1, 4.4-update_2, 4.4-update_3, 4.4-update_4, 4.4-update_5 (+2) — fixed in 4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenText Self Service Password Reset 4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.netiq.com/documentation/self-service-password-reset-45/sspr-4502-release-notes/data/sspr-4502-release-notes.html#b149gz5h

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