CVE-2024-22238Network attack vector

Stored XSS via unsanitized profile configuration

Published Feb 6, 2024 · Updated Jun 3, 2025

Stored XSS in VMware VCF Operations for Networks before 6.12.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject script into profile settings. The user-profile configuration path stores input without sufficient sanitization, allowing malicious code to execute when another user views the rendered profile. Administrative privileges are required to plant the payload, and a victim must view the affected content; code runs in that viewer’s browser context.

CVSS severity6.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.50%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in VMware VCF Operations for Networks before 6.12.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject script into profile settings. The user-profile configuration path stores input without sufficient sanitization, allowing malicious code to execute when another user views the rendered profile. Administrative privileges are required to plant the payload, and a victim must view the affected content; code runs in that viewer’s browser context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-22238
Published
Feb 6, 2024
Updated
Jun 3, 2025
Vendor
VMware
Product
VCF Operations for Networks
Classifications
CWE-79
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Feb 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.x

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

VMware · VCF Operations for Networksversion=VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.x

Published CVSS scores

6.4VMwareCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
4.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

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

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