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CVE-2017-9280
Novell Identity Manager User Application get request url contains the session token.
Medium4.3EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- information exposure due to unencrypted credentials in GET Urls
- CWE-598 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-598 and its CVEs
- CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs
Affected products
NetIQ · Identity Manager Applications
- affected unspecified – < 4.5.6.1
References (2)
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=K7lbPAGJyIk~ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049143 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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