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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-12480 · published 15 November 2018

CVE-2018-12480: Microfocus access manager cross-site scripting vulnerability

Microfocus · Access Manager

Mitigates an XSS issue in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to 4.4 SP3.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 0.65% · top 50.7% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
0.65%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Mitigates an XSS issue in NetIQ Access Manager versions prior to 4.4 SP3.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023513
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/access-manager-44/accessmanager443-release-notes/data/accessmanager443-release-notes
https://support.microfocus.com/kb/doc.php?id=7023513
https://www.netiq.com/documentation/access-manager-44/accessmanager443-release-notes/data/accessmanager443-release-notes

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-12480), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.