CVE-2022-38754
Published: 08 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-38754 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Microfocus Operations Bridge. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-41317
Vulnerability details
A potential vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Operations Bridge - Containerized. The vulnerability could be exploited by a malicious authenticated OBM (Operations Bridge Manager) user to run Java Scripts in the browser context of another OBM user. Please…
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note: The vulnerability is only applicable if the Operations Bridge Manager capability is deployed. A potential vulnerability has been identified in Micro Focus Operations Bridge Manager (OBM). The vulnerability could be exploited by a malicious authenticated OBM user to run Java Scripts in the browser context of another OBM user. This issue affects: Micro Focus Micro Focus Operations Bridge Manager versions prior to 2022.11. Micro Focus Micro Focus Operations Bridge- Containerized versions prior to 2022.11.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.