CVE-2025-33138

IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.12 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7234114	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aspera_faspex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 May 2025, 01:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-22 17:15

Updated : 2025-05-30 01:19

NVD link : CVE-2025-33138

Mitre link : CVE-2025-33138

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-33138

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

ibm

aspera_faspex

CWE

CWE-80

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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