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Veeam Enterprise Manager CVE-2025-64392

| EUVDEUVD-2025-211040 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-07 hackerone GHSA-r23p-vwcm-9rwv
4.8
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: hackerone
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malicious portal link with script payload
  2. Delivery
    Deliver link to authenticated portal user
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens link in active session
  4. Execution
    Script executes in browser context
  5. Impact
    Hijack session or perform portal actions as user

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager portal user (PR:L) to actively open an attacker-crafted link (UI:A) while their portal session is valid - the attacker cannot trigger the flaw autonomously. These two factors (valid portal authentication context for the victim plus a social-engineering step to get the victim to click) are the primary limiters on real-world risk. No special non-default product configuration is identified in the description as a prerequisite; the vulnerability lies in the Enterprise Manager web portal's handling of the crafted link.

Impact

This is a genuinely moderate, not high-priority, issue. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N, base 4.8) is internally consistent with a classic CWE-79 cross-site scripting flaw: network-reachable but requiring both an authenticated portal user (PR:L) and active user interaction (UI:A) - the victim must open an attacker-crafted link. There is no direct confidentiality, integrity, or availability impact on the vulnerable system itself (VC/VI/VA all N); the impact is confined to the subsequent system (the victim's browser session), reflected as SC:L/SI:L. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC indicator was supplied in the input, so there is no signal of active exploitation or available exploit code. The signals are aligned rather than conflicting: a medium-severity, interaction-and-authentication-dependent XSS with no evidence of exploitation. This is a routine patch-in-normal-cycle item, not an emergency, though Veeam's role as high-value backup infrastructure means a session-hijack of a privileged backup operator would be meaningful if chained.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious link containing a script payload targeting the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager web portal and delivers it (e.g., via email or chat) to an authenticated portal user. When that user clicks the link while logged in, the script executes in their browser session in the context of the portal, potentially allowing session token theft, UI manipulation, or actions performed as that user. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026

Cross-site scripting in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager lets an attacker run arbitrary script in the browser of a portal user who opens a crafted link, potentially exposing session data or allowing actions in the victim's authenticated context. Exploitation is not autonomous: the attacker must already be able to reach the portal with a valid low-privileged account (CVSS PR:L) and must then persuade a logged-in portal user to open the crafted link (UI:A), which is why this is rated a genuinely moderate, not high-priority, issue at 4.8. No public exploit code has been observed and the vulnerability is not in CISA KEV; no EPSS score was supplied with the source data, so likelihood should be treated as bounded by the social-engineering and authentication prerequisites rather than as an opportunistic mass-exploitation risk.

RemediationAI

Veeam has published a knowledge base article for this issue at https://www.veeam.com/KB4934; because the supplied feed data does not include an exact fixed build number or an explicit patch-status statement, the authoritative next step is to open that advisory and apply the listed fixed release for Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager - no specific version is asserted here since none was provided in the input. Note that no vendor-released patch version is independently confirmed from the data available at time of analysis, so treat KB4934 as the single source of truth for build numbers and upgrade order. Where immediate upgrade is not possible, compensating controls should target the two prerequisites rather than the code path: keep the Enterprise Manager portal off untrusted networks or behind a VPN/allow-list so an attacker cannot reach it with an authenticated low-privileged account (trade-off: reduced remote manageability for admins), enforce MFA and least-privilege portal roles to shrink the population of usable accounts and the value of a hijacked session (trade-off: added login friction), and deploy a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline and third-party script execution on the portal if your reverse proxy can inject headers (trade-off: possible breakage of portal UI features and required testing). Because this is a browser-side scripting flaw rather than a server-side RCE, the residual risk after patching is bounded by the user-education step of not opening unsolicited links into a live portal session, but user education alone should not be the primary control.

Affected VersionsENISA

Backup Enterprise Manager 12 <12.3.2.4934

Affected Packages

euvd backup_enterprise_manager fix: 12.3.2.4934

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of user-controllable input during web page generation, in the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager web portal. The CVSS:4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N) places the flaw in the network-reachable attack surface with no special attack conditions and low attack complexity, but requires the attacker to hold a low-privileged account and requires the victim to take an active user-interface action. The impact registers only as subsequent-system confidentiality and integrity impact (SC:L/SI:L) - consistent with script executing in the victim's browser session rather than direct compromise of the appliance or its backup data store. Our independent assessment re-scores this as CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, i.e. a reflected/stored-style XSS with changed scope and limited confidentiality/integrity consequences; the CPE string cpe:2.3:a:veeam:backup_enterprise_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, indicating the affected version range is not pinned in the feed data and must be confirmed against the vendor advisory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (hackerone) PRIMARY 4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Authenticated portal user needed (PR:L) and victim must click a crafted link (UI:R); script runs in browser context, a different security authority, so S:C with limited C:L/I:L and no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (hackerone).

CVSS VectorVendor: hackerone

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Active
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
Low
Subsequent system: Integrity
Low
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Patch available
Oct 07, 2026 - 10:01 EUVD

DescriptionCVE.org

This vulnerability in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager allows an attacker to execute script in the browser of a portal user who opens a crafted link.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Optional web console of a widely-used enterprise backup suite
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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