CVE-2025-8616 | BDVDB-2026-288565 Detail

OpenTextAdvanced Authentication

Description#

A weakness identified in OpenText Advanced Authentication where a Malicious browser plugin can record and replay the user authentication process to bypass Authentication. This issue affects Advanced Authentication on or before 6.5.0.

Impact#

CAPEC-115 Authentication Bypass

Weaknesses#

CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

References#

https://staging.docs.microfocus.com/doc/42/main/advancedauthentication6504

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12025-08-06Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2025-08-06
Last modified: 2025-08-06

Vendor information

Vendor: OpenText
Product: Advanced Authentication

All OpenText vulnerabilities

Score

6.1 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 29.9.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Authentication Issues

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
>= 6.5.0 and < = <
Fixed
= <

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

6.1 Medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	High
Attack Requirements	Present
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality	High
Vulnerable System Integrity	Low
Vulnerable System Availability	Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality	None
Subsequent System Integrity	None
Subsequent System Availability	None

CVSS v3.1

Not available

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).