A vulnerability was found in NetIQ Identity Reporting up to 5.5 (Reporting Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

NetIQ Identity Reporting, in versions prior to 5.5 Service Pack 1, is susceptible to an XSS attack.

The bug was discovered 08/12/2017. The weakness was shared 04/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at download.microfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-9275 since 05/29/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 257 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying the patch 5.5 SP1 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Reporting Software

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• NetIQ

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• Identity Reporting

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• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5

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• commercial

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