CVE-2021-22524

Denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to version 4.5.4 and 5.0.1

Severity Score

4.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Injection attack caused the denial of service vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager prior to 5.0.1 and 4.5.4

Un ataque de inyección causó una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio en NetIQ Access Manager versiones anteriores a 5.0.1 y 4.5.4

*Credits: Special thanks to Sipke Mellema for responsibly disclosing this vulnerability

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-05 CVE Reserved
2021-09-13 CVE Published
2023-04-06 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7025256	X_refsource_confirm
https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/access-manager/5.0/accessmanager501-release-notes/accessmanager501-release-notes.html	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microfocus Search vendor "Microfocus"		Access Manager Search vendor "Microfocus" for product "Access Manager"				>= 4.5.0 < 4.5.4 Search vendor "Microfocus" for product "Access Manager" and version " >= 4.5.0 < 4.5.4"		-		Affected
Microfocus Search vendor "Microfocus"		Access Manager Search vendor "Microfocus" for product "Access Manager"				>= 5.0 < 5.0.1 Search vendor "Microfocus" for product "Access Manager" and version " >= 5.0 < 5.0.1"		-		Affected