CVE-2025-22249 is a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting VMware Aria Automation, Cloud Foundation, and Telco Cloud Platform. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by tricking a logged-in user into clicking a specially crafted URL, leading to the theft of their access token. With a CVSS score of 8.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can result in high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_automation:8.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_automation:8.18.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.18.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_automation:8.18.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, <= 5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0, <= 5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
DOM based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware Aria Automation
Jan 1, 2025VMware Aria Automation DOM based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (VMSA-2025-0008)
DOM based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in VMware Aria Automation (VMSA-2025-0008)