CVE-2017-9280
Novell Identity Manager User Application get request url contains the session token.
Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Novell Identity Manager User Application get request url contains the session token.
Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.
- Record
CVE-2017-9280- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-598
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18216
Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18216- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r5c4-26wh-2wgw
Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session...
Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.
- Record
GHSA-r5c4-26wh-2wgw- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Some NetIQ Identity Manager Applications before Identity Manager 4.5.6.1 included the session token in GET URLs, potentially allowing exposure of user sessions to untrusted third parties via proxies, referer urls or similar.
- Record
CVE-2017-9280- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-598, CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-9280 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Netiq Identity Manager Applications, published March 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.