CVE-2017-5187

high

Published 2017-08-21 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

VIR risk

8.8

Description

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CWE-352) vulnerability in Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3 and earlier, 2.3 Update 1 before Hotfix 8, and 2.3 Update 2 before Hotfix 9 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to view and alter (CWE-275) configuration information and inject OS commands (CWE-78) via forged requests.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
microfocus	directory_server	`-`
microfocus	enterprise_developer	`2.3`
microfocus	enterprise_server	`{"endIncluding":"2.3"}`
microfocus	enterprise_server	`2.3`
microfocus	enterprise_server_monitor_and_control	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-352

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.