AVEVA Application Server IDE Basic Cross-site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-80.
Summary
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (with privilege of "aaConfigTools") to tamper with App Objects' help files and persist a cross-site scripting (XSS) injection that when executed by a victim user, can result in horizontal or vertical escalation of privileges. The vulnerability can only be exploited during config-time operations within the IDE component of Application Server. Run-time components and operations are not affected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8386
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jj42-75hx-q362
References
More AVEVA vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-07857 Path traversal in AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-04597 Missing authentication in ICS-CERT AVEVA Software, LLC InduSoft Web Studio prior to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-11329 Deserialization of untrusted data in AVEVA Edge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2011-02773 Use-after-free vulnerability in Control Microsystems ClearSCADA 2005, 2007, and 2009… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2025-38285 AVEVA Process Optimization Code Injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2021-18992 An issue was discovered in ExecuteCommand() in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-8386 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8386 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jj42-75hx-q362 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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