Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4554

High

Published: 28 August 2024

Published
28 August 2024
Modified
06 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0050 66.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4554 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Microfocus Netiq Access Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Access Manager leads to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. This issue affects Access Manager before 5.0.4.1 and 5.1.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microfocus
netiq access manager
≤ 5.0.4.1

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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