CVE-2025-22221 (GCVE-0-2025-22221)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-30 15:30 – Updated: 2025-03-13 13:45
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Title
VMware Aria Operations for Logs stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-22221)
Summary
VMware Aria Operation for Logs contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious actor with admin privileges to VMware Aria Operations for Logs may be able to inject a malicious script that could be executed in a victim's browser when performing a delete action in the Agent Configuration.
Severity
5.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-30 16:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware VMware Aria Operations for Logs Affected: 8.x , < 8.18.3 (release)
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Date Public
2025-01-30 14:00
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