CVE-2025-30143 Cross-site scripting in App & API Protector
Akamai App & API Protector fails to block XSS attacks exploiting JavaScript variable assignments to built-in functions, allowing potential script injection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-30143?
CVE-2025-30143 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Akamai App & API Protector, published on 17 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Rule 3000216 (before version 2) in Akamai App & API Protector (with Akamai ASE) before 2024-12-10 does not properly consider JavaScript variable assignment to built-in functions and properties.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30143?
How do I fix CVE-2025-30143?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30143 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-2025-30143 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30143 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rmhf-8c8c-36j6.