CVE-2017-5191
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because...
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because Access Gateway Error pages do not validate the HTTP Referer header.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because Access Gateway Error pages do not validate the HTTP Referer header.
- Record
CVE-2017-5191- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because Access Gateway Error pages do not validate the HTTP Referer header.
- Record
CVE-2017-5191- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14300 No score
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because Access Gateway Error pages do not validate the HTTP Referer header.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14300- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8jrx-3hg6-vf49
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because...
An XSS vulnerability on the /NAGErrors URI in NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 and 4.3 exists because Access Gateway Error pages do not validate the HTTP Referer header.
- Record
GHSA-8jrx-3hg6-vf49- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- 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-2017-5191 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Netiq Access Manager, published April 24, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.