CVE-2025-23169Network attack vector

Stored script execution via unsanitized GUI customization

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2025

Stored XSS in Versa Networks Versa Director allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in a user's browser via GUI customization. Header, footer, and logo inputs are stored without adequate validation or sanitization and later rendered by the Director interface. Exploitation requires high privileges and a user to view the customized interface, exposing browser-accessible data and actions in that user's session.

CVSS severity6.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.36%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Versa Networks Versa Director allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in a user's browser via GUI customization. Header, footer, and logo inputs are stored without adequate validation or sanitization and later rendered by the Director interface. Exploitation requires high privileges and a user to view the customized interface, exposing browser-accessible data and actions in that user's session.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-23169
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Jun 23, 2025
Vendor
Versa Networks
Product
Versa Director
Classifications
CWE-79, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=21.2.2 <=21.2.2
  2. Affected versionversion=21.2.3 <=21.2.3
  3. Affected versionversion=22.1.1 <=22.1.1
  4. Affected versionversion=22.1.2 <=22.1.2
  5. Affected versionversion=22.1.3 <=22.1.3
  6. Affected versionversion=22.1.4 <=22.1.4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Versa Networks · Versa Directorversion=21.2.2 <=21.2.2; version=21.2.3 <=21.2.3; version=22.1.1 <=22.1.1; version=22.1.2 <=22.1.2; version=22.1.3 <=22.1.3; version=22.1.4 <=22.1.4

Published CVSS scores

6.5HackerOneCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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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)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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