# CVE-2024-38834: Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-38834)

> An attacker with editing access can inject malicious scripts into VMware Aria Operations, potentially leading to stored cross-site scripting attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m2m4-2g99-6625

## What is CVE-2024-38834?

CVE-2024-38834 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

VMware Aria Operations contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious actor with editing access to cloud provider might be able to inject malicious script leading to stored cross-site scripting in the product VMware Aria Operations.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38834?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Vmware Aria Operations, Vmware Cloud Foundation.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38834?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38834 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38834 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Cloud Foundation

- [CVE-2026-22719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22719/): Broadcom VMware Aria Operations Command Injection (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-41722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41722/): Cross-site scripting in VCF operations (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-41723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41723/): Cross-site scripting in VCF operations (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-41724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41724/): Cross-site scripting in VCF operations (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2026-22720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22720/): VMware Aria Operations stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38834 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38834 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38834 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Cloud Foundation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38834/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38834/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38834
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38834
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38834

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38834/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.