What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-22277?

CVE-2024-22277 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.3%.

Cloud Director CVE-2024-22277

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2024-07-04 security@vmware.com

XSS VMware Cloud Director

5.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jul 04, 2024 - 14:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionNVD

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.

AnalysisAI

VMware Cloud Director Availability contains an HTML injection vulnerability. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. 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. Affected products include: Vmware Cloud Director.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.