OpenText Vertica up to 25.3.x Management Console cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in OpenText Vertica up to 25.3.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Management Console. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-12453. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OpenText Vertica up to 25.3.x. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Management Console. 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:

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in OpenText™ Vertica allows Reflected XSS.  The vulnerability could lead to Reflected XSS attack of cross-site scripting in Vertica management console application.This issue affects Vertica: from 10.0 through 10.X, from 11.0 through 11.X, from 12.0 through 12.X, from 23.0 through 23.X, from 24.0 through 24.X, from 25.1.0 through 25.1.X, from 25.2.0 through 25.2.X, from 25.3.0 through 25.3.X.

It is possible to read the advisory at portal.microfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12453 since 10/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at CNNVD (CNNVD-202603-2727) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-208641). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/28/2025 CVE reserved
03/13/2026 +136 days Advisory disclosed
03/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/20/2026 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: portal.microfocus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-12453 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-351011
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CNNVD: CNNVD-202603-2727 - OpenText Vertica 跨站脚本漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2026 20:21
Updated: 03/20/2026 02:26
Changes: 03/13/2026 20:21 (67), 03/13/2026 21:49 (1), 03/16/2026 15:21 (6), 03/20/2026 02:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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