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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-9524

Cross Site scripting vulnerability on Micro Focus Enterprise Server and Enterprise developer, affecting all versions prior to version 5.0 Patch Update 8.

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Cross Site scripting vulnerability on Micro Focus Enterprise Server and Enterprise developer, affecting all versions prior to version 5.0 Patch Update 8. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger administrative actions when an administrator viewed malicious data left by the attacker (stored XSS) or followed a malicious link (reflected XSS).

CVSS 3.1
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.51% probability · 43th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
microfocus/enterprise developer · microfocus/enterprise server
Source
security@opentext.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.51%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.