VMware Aria Automation DOM XSS for Access Token Theft
CVE-2025-22249 Published on May 13, 2025
VMSA-2025-0008: VMware Aria automation updates address a DOM based Cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-22249)
VMware Aria automation contains a DOM based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A malicious actor may exploit this issue to steal the access token of a logged in user of VMware Aria automation appliance by tricking the user into clicking a malicious crafted payload URL.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-22249 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2025-22249 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-22249
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Affected Versions
Vmware Aria Automation:- Version 8.18.x and below 8.18.1 patch2 is affected.
- Version 5.x and below 8.18.1 patch 2 is affected.
- Version 4.x and below 8.18.1 patch 2 is affected.
- Version 5.x and below 8.18.1 patch 2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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