How to fix CVE-2025-57540?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Virtual Environment affected by CVE-2025-57540?

CVE-2025-57540 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.4. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

CVE-2025-57540

MEDIUM

2025-09-09 [email protected]

XSS Virtual Environment

5.4

CVSS 3.1

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

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:11 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Sep 17, 2025 - 20:11 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Sep 09, 2025 - 17:16 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionNVD

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WebAuthn Relying Party field within the Datacenter configuration of Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 8.4. Authenticated users can inject JavaScript code that is later executed in the browsers of users who view the configuration page, enabling client-side attacks.

AnalysisAI

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WebAuthn Relying Party field within the Datacenter configuration of Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 8.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and 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. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WebAuthn Relying Party field within the Datacenter configuration of Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) 8.4. Authenticated users can inject JavaScript code that is later executed in the browsers of users who view the configuration page, enabling client-side attacks. Affected products include: Proxmox Virtual Environment.

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.

CVE-2025-57540 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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