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CVE-2017-7422 — Reflected and stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS, CWE-79) vulnerabilities in esfad

Reflected and stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS, CWE-79) vulnerabilities in esfadmingui in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allow remote authenticated attackers to bypass protection mechanism

CVSS
5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.40% (top 39.60%)
CWE
—
Published
2017-08-21T15:29:00.293
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Reflected and stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS, CWE-79) vulnerabilities in esfadmingui in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allow remote authenticated attackers to bypass protection mechanisms (CWE-693) and other security features, if this component is configured. Note esfadmingui is not enabled by default.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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