How severe is CVE-2016-5756?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 6.1 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-5756?

This is classified as CWE-79, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2016-5756 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 6.1

Vulnerability Description

Multiple components of the web tools in NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 Hot Fix 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 were vulnerable to Reflected Cross Site Scripting attacks which could be used to hijack user sessions: nps/servlet/frameservice, nps/servlet/webacc, roma/admin/cntl, roma/jsp/admin/appliance/devicedetail_edit.jsp, roma/jsp/admin/managementip/mgmt_ip_details_frameset.jsp, roma/jsp/admin/managementip/mgmt_ip_details_middleframe.jsp, roma/jsp/volsc/monitoring/appliance.jsp, and roma/jsp/volsc/monitoring/graph.jsp.

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