CVE-2016-5758 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) bypass vulnerability in NetIQ Access Manager versions 4.1 (prior to 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1) and 4.2 (prior to 4.2.2). An attacker could circumvent the existing CSRF protection mechanism by repeatedly uploading data, leading to a high system load. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring user interaction, potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netiq:access_manager:4.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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