# CVE-2025-37122: Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers via reflected XSS in the HPE Aruba ClearPass web interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hfwc-xqcc-8fgv

## What is CVE-2025-37122?

CVE-2025-37122 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, published on 17 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of network access control services could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a victim's browser in the context of the affected interface.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-37122?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-37122?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-37122 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-37122 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-37122 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-37122 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager, published on 17 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-37122 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy 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-2025-37122/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37122/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37122
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37122
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-37122

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-37122/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.