CVE-2025-41228

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 4.3 Medium
Published: May 20, 2025
Updated: Jun 24, 2025
Reserved: Apr 16, 2025

Description

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper input validation. A malicious actor with network access to the login page of certain ESXi host or vCenter Server URL paths may exploit this issue to steal cookies or redirect to malicious websites.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	vmware

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vCenter ServerVMware	8.0 to before 8.0 U3eAffected
Cloud FoundationVMware	5.x, 4.5.xAffected
Telco Cloud PlatformVMware	5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.xAffected
Telco Cloud InfrastructureVMware	3.x,2.xAffected
ESXiVMware	8.0 to before ESXi80U3se-24659227Affected 7.0 to before ESXi70U3sv-24723868Affected

References

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25717

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