Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Computer Associates (CA) eTrust SiteMinder 5.5, when the "CSSChecking" parameter is set to…

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Computer Associates (CA) eTrust SiteMinder 5.5, when the "CSSChecking" parameter is set to "NO," allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PASSWORD or (2) BUFFER parameters to smpwservicescgi.exe, (3) the TARGET parameter to login.fcc, and possibly other vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 1014433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 15956 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 17809 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• ca-siteminder-smpwservicescgi-xss(21305) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 17810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20050711 Re: SiteMinder Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20050708 SiteMinder Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2005-1040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 22:15 UTC.