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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-12862

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OpenText Content Server REST API on Windows, Linux allows users without the appropriate permissions to remove external collaborators.Th

Published Apr 21, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 21, 2025 · Opentext Content Server

Check this week

CVE-2024-12862 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 29.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Opentext Content Server.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
29.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Opentext Content Server 20.2-24.4

Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OpenText Content Server REST API on Windows, Linux allows users without the appropriate permissions to remove external collaborators.This issue affects Content Server: 20.2-24.4.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor Opentext Content Server 20.2-24.420.2-24.4

How to fix CVE-2024-12862

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-12862 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 29.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Opentext Content Server.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Opentext Content Server 20.2-24.4 20.2-24.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 29.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OpenText Content Server REST API on Windows, Linux allows users without the appropriate permissions to remove external collaborators.This issue affects Content Server: 20.2-24.4.

  2. Apr 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OpenText Content Server REST API on Windows, Linux allows users without the appropriate permissions to remove external collaborators.This issue affects Content Server: 20.2-24.4.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12862

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12377

    Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the OpenText Content Server REST API on Windows, Linux allows users without the appropriate permissions to remove external collaborators.This issue affects Content Server: 20.2-24.4.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.