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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-5532 · published 28 October 2024

CVE-2024-5532: Microfocus operations agent cross-site scripting vulnerability

Microfocus · Operations Agent

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Agent.  The XSS vulnerability could allow an attacker with local admin permissions to manipulate the content of the internal status page of the Agent on the local system. This issue affects Operations Agent: 12.20, 12.21, 12.22, 12.23, 12.24, 12.25, 12.26.

1.8 CVSS 4.0 Low EPSS 0.18% · top 92.9% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
1.8CVSS 4.0 base score
0.18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in OpenText™ Operations Agent.  The XSS vulnerability could allow an attacker with local admin permissions to manipulate the content of the internal status page of the Agent on the local system. This issue affects Operations Agent: 12.20, 12.21, 12.22, 12.23, 12.24, 12.25, 12.26.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000035731?language=en_US Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-5532), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.