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VMware Aria Automation 8.18.x < 8.18.1 patch 2 DOM Based XSS (VMSA-2025-0008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236835

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Synopsis

A device management application running on the remote host is affected by a DOM based cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The VMware Aria Automation application running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the VMSA-2025-0008 advisory.

 - 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. (CVE-2025-22249)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Aria Automation version 8.18.1 patch 2 or later or apply the appropriate patch as advised in the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9bf88cc3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236835

File Name: vmware_aria_automation_VMSA-2025-0008.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Family: Misc.

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 5/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-22249

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:vrealize_automation

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-22249

IAVA: 2025-A-0325

VMSA: 2025-0008