Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft malicious Fusion protocol URL
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DeliveryLure user to open link
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ExploitTrigger reflected XSS in documentName
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ExecutionExecute script in Fusion process
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ImpactRead local files or run code
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 | The victim must have the Autodesk Fusion desktop application installed and registered as the handler for the Fusion protocol scheme, and must actively invoke (click/open) an attacker-crafted protocol URL whose documentName parameter contains the malicious HTML payload. Exploitation is LIMITED by required user interaction (UI:R) - the attack cannot fire without the user opening the link - and by the local attack vector (AV:L), meaning there is no autonomous remote trigger. Being reflected XSS, there is no persistence: the payload must be delivered and invoked each time. Affected builds are Fusion 2705.1.30 through versions below 2706.1.14; updating to 2706.1.14 or later removes the flaw. |
| Impact | Moderate-but-real priority. The CVSS 3.1 base vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, 7.1) tells a consistent story: no privileges are required (PR:N, effectively unauthenticated), complexity is low, but the attack vector is LOCAL and user interaction is REQUIRED - the victim must themselves invoke the crafted Fusion protocol URL. This UI:R + AV:L combination is the main brake on real-world risk: this is not a remotely-sprayable server flaw but a social-engineering / lure-driven desktop exploit. Note a tension worth verifying with the vendor: the description frames the trigger as a 'protocol URL' (the kind of custom URI handler a web page or chat message can reference), which has a network-delivery feel, yet CVSS assigns AV:L - the standard treatment for protocol-handler abuse, where the vulnerable parsing happens locally after the OS hands the URI to the installed app. No EPSS score is provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. There is no CISA KEV listing and no PoC/exploit reference in the data, so this is not known to be actively exploited. The confidentiality and integrity impact is genuinely high (local file read and arbitrary code execution in the Fusion process context), and the vendor-assigned vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', so it warrants prompt patching rather than emergency action - consistent with the signals (patch available, no KEV, user-interaction-gated). |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a Fusion protocol-handler URL whose documentName parameter carries a malicious HTML/script payload, then lures a Fusion user (via email, chat, or a web page) into clicking or opening it. When the Autodesk Fusion desktop app handles the URL, the reflected XSS fires inside the app, letting the attacker read local files or run arbitrary code in the context of the Fusion process. No public exploit code or PoC reference is present in the supplied data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Reflected cross-site scripting in the Autodesk Fusion desktop application (builds 2705.1.30 up to, but not including, 2706.1.14) allows an attacker to run HTML/script in the context of the Fusion process when a user invokes a crafted Fusion protocol URL whose documentName parameter carries the payload. Successful exploitation can let the attacker read local files or execute arbitrary code as the current user, so the integrity and confidentiality impact is high, though the attack requires the victim to click or open the malicious link and cannot trigger autonomously (AV:L, UI:R, PR:N). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and there is no CISA KEV listing; Autodesk has released a fixed build and the vendor advisory is available.
RemediationAI
Autodesk has released a vendor patch: update Fusion to version 2706.1.14 or later, which removes the flaw. Updates can be applied through the in-product Autodesk Access updater or by installing the current client from the vendor's downloaders at https://dl.appstreaming.autodesk.com/production/installers/Fusion%20Client%20Downloader.exe (Windows) and https://dl.appstreaming.autodesk.com/production/installers/Fusion%20Client%20Downloader.dmg (macOS), with full details in advisory adsk-sa-2026-0019 (https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2026-0019). Until the upgrade is deployed, the exposure is limited to users who actively invoke a crafted fusion:// URL, so instructing users not to open Fusion protocol links from untrusted sources (email, chat, web pages) reduces the chance of triggering the reflected payload; alternatively, removing or deregistering the Fusion protocol handler on high-risk endpoints would block the delivery vector entirely, at the cost of breaking legitimate Fusion link-based and web-integration workflows. Because the payload is reflected, there is no cached or persistent artifact to clean up after the update, but re-delivery attempts against unpatched hosts remain possible.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is CWE-79 (cross-site scripting) manifesting in a desktop client rather than a web site: the Fusion application registers a custom 'fusion' protocol scheme, and the documentName parameter of an incoming protocol URL is reflected into the HTML/script context that the application renders without adequate neutralization. Because the injected markup executes inside the application's own rendering context, the assessed impact escalates beyond classic cookie theft to local file reads and code execution in the context of the running Fusion process. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N confirms the attack surface is local (a URL handler invocation, not a network-reachable service), that no privileges are needed beforehand, and that exploitation is gated entirely on user interaction; scope is unchanged, so the compromised component is the Fusion process itself. No persistence is possible because the payload is reflected - it must be re-delivered and re-invoked on each attempt. The precise parsing and rendering path that fails to sanitize documentName, and which embedded rendering component is responsible, are not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Protocol-handler payload is parsed locally (AV:L) and requires the user to open the crafted URL (UI:R); no auth needed (PR:N); code execution/file read gives C:H/I:H, with no availability impact (A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (autodesk).
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A maliciously crafted HTML payload in the documentName parameter of a Fusion protocol URL, when the protocol URL is invoked by a user, can trigger a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Autodesk Fusion desktop application. A malicious actor may leverage this vulnerability to read local files or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Executive ViewAI
A high-severity reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in Autodesk Fusion desktop application (builds 2705.1.30 up to 2706.1.14) could allow an attacker to execute malicious code with the privileges of the current user, potentially leading to unauthorized access to local files and arbitrary code execution. Affected users include engineers and designers using Fusion for critical design work, and successful exploitation could compromise sensitive intellectual property and disrupt design workflows. Leadership should prioritize patching to mitigate risk, especially given the requirement for user interaction but the potential for significant confidentiality and integrity impact.
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Threat Intelligence Overview
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.
What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the HGFS (aka Shared Folders) feature in VMware Tools 10.0.5 in VMware ESXi 5.0 t
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability via HGFS out-of-bounds read, allowi
The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 ha
VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior before 11.0.1) and Horizon Client for
VMware ESXi (ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.7) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.8
The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the fusion_options function in functions.php in the Fusion theme 3.1 for Wordp
Untrusted search path vulnerability in VMware Tools in VMware Workstation before 8.0.4, VMware Player before 4.0.4, VMwa
VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a
VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi
VMware ESXi (6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8
EUVD-2026-111140
GHSA-x5j6-5fc7-vwh7
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Exploit-DB