Vulnerability · CVE-2025-22249
VMware Aria automation contains a DOM based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated May 13, 2025 · VMware VMware Cloud Foundation
Check this week
CVE-2025-22249 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run VMware VMware Cloud Foundation.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.2
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 36.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor VMware VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x <8.18.1 patch 2
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor VMware VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x <8.18.1 patch 24.x <8.18.1 patch 2
How to fix CVE-2025-22249
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-22249 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 36.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run VMware VMware Cloud Foundation.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with VMware VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x <8.18.1 patch 2 4.x <8.18.1 patch 2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 36.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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.
May 13, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
May 13, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-22249
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14367
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.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.