# CVE-2025-23377: Cross-site scripting in PowerProtect Data Manager

> A high-privileged local attacker can inject arbitrary web scripts into reporting outputs, potentially compromising data integrity and user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-82rf-96v8-v76f

## What is CVE-2025-23377?

CVE-2025-23377 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, published on 28 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Reporting, version(s) 19.17, 19.18 contain(s) an Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web script or html in reporting outputs.

Weakness: CWE-116 (Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23377?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Powerprotect Data Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23377?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23377 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23377 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

- [CVE-2026-40712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40712/): Privilege escalation in PowerProtect Data Manager (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-46738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46738/): Privilege escalation in PowerProtect Data Manager (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-49499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-49499/): Privilege escalation in PowerProtect Data Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-43888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-43888/): Information disclosure in PowerProtect Data Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-22454](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22454/): Auth bypass in PowerProtect Data Manager (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23377 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23377 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, published on 28 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23377 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. 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-2025-23377/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23377/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23377
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23377
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23377

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23377/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.