PT-2017-17727 · Micro Focus · Micro Focus Enterprise Server+1

Published 2017-08-21 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-7422

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server versions 2.3 through 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9

Description The issue concerns reflected and stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the esfadmingui component. This allows remote authenticated attackers to bypass protection mechanisms and other security features if the component is configured. It is noted that esfadmingui is not enabled by default.

Recommendations For Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server versions 2.3 through 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9, apply Hotfix 8 for version 2.3 Update 1 or Hotfix 9 for version 2.3 Update 2 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the esfadmingui component until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7422

Affected Products

Micro Focus Enterprise Developer

Micro Focus Enterprise Server

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7422 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29131/enterprise-server-security-fixes-july-2017 · Note