TI-2025-27475 Aliases CVE-2025-41228 GHSA-vqfj-4mcp-7qx6

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

LOW 22CWE-79Published 2025-05-20 · Updated 2025-06-24

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00895 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed vCenter Server (VMware): 8.0 U3eESXi (VMware): ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
VMware	vCenter Server	8.0 to before 8.0 U3e	8.0 U3e	Patch available	CNA
VMware	Cloud Foundation	5.x, 4.5.x	—	No fix listed	CNA
VMware	Telco Cloud Platform	5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x	—	No fix listed	CNA
VMware	Telco Cloud Infrastructure	3.x,2.x	—	No fix listed	CNA
VMware	ESXi	8.0 to before ESXi80U3se-24659227; 7.0 to before ESXi70U3sv-24723868	ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868	Patch available	CNA

vCenter Server VendorVMware Affected 8.0 to before 8.0 U3e Fixed in 8.0 U3e Patch available CNA
Cloud Foundation VendorVMware Affected 5.x, 4.5.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Telco Cloud Platform VendorVMware Affected 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 2.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Telco Cloud Infrastructure VendorVMware Affected 3.x,2.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
ESXi VendorVMware Affected 8.0 to before ESXi80U3se-24659227; 7.0 to before ESXi70U3sv-24723868 Fixed in ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 2

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server::::::::	—	—	VMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi::::::::	—	—	VMware

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VMware
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·VMware

Remediation

Fix · CNA vCenter Server (VMware) Fixed in 8.0 U3e
Fix · CNA ESXi (VMware) Fixed in ESXi80U3se-24659227, ESXi70U3sv-24723868

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

Release · 2025-05-20
VMware ESXi ESXi70U3sv-24723868, ESXi80U3se-24659227
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-27473 Guest Operations Denial-of-Service VulnerabilityPriority LOW 30
- TI-2025-27474 Denial-of-service in VMware ESXiPriority LOW 24
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Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-41228
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vqfj-4mcp-7qx6

References

Other 1

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

TI-2026-42442 vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-26040 Privilege escalation in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-24610 Out-of-bounds write in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-16914 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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