CVE-2025-22479

Script injection via path traversal

Published May 6, 2025 · Updated May 6, 2025

Path traversal in Dell Storage Manager before 2020 R1.21 allows remote attackers on an adjacent network to inject scripts. Dell has not disclosed the affected component, pathname source, or the operation that renders the resulting script. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access and user interaction, and Dell reports script injection as the consequence.

CVSS severity3.5
Low
EPSS probability0.27%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in Dell Storage Manager before 2020 R1.21 allows remote attackers on an adjacent network to inject scripts. Dell has not disclosed the affected component, pathname source, or the operation that renders the resulting script. Exploitation requires adjacent-network access and user interaction, and Dell reports script injection as the consequence.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-22479
Published
May 6, 2025
Updated
May 6, 2025
Vendor
Dell
Product
Dell Storage Manager
Classifications
CWE-22
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=N/A <2020 R1.21

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Dell · Dell Storage Managerversion=N/A <2020 R1.21

Published CVSS scores

3.5DellCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.3NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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