CVE-2024-22277 Cross-site scripting in VMware Cloud Director Availability

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

A malicious actor with network access can inject HTML into replication tasks, potentially executing code or bypassing security controls.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-22277?

CVE-2024-22277 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director Availability, published on 4 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware Cloud Director Availability contains an HTML injection vulnerability. A malicious actor with network access to VMware Cloud Director Availability can craft malicious HTML tags to execute within replication tasks.

Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-80

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22277?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Cloud Director.

How do I fix CVE-2024-22277?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-22277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3h4r-2q6q-wfr8.

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