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CVE-2025-41228

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

At a glance

Severity
MEDIUM 4.3
EPSS
EPSS 0.90 % · percentile 59 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
vmware
NVD status
Deferred

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

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nvmware
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NNVD · security@vmware.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
VMware · vCenter Serveraffected 8.0 < 8.0 U3e
VMware · Cloud Foundationaffected 5.x, 4.5.x
VMware · Telco Cloud Platformaffected 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x
VMware · Telco Cloud Infrastructureaffected 3.x,2.x
VMware · ESXiaffected 8.0 < ESXi80U3se-24659227 ; affected 7.0 < ESXi70U3sv-24723868

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD