VMware Cloud Director Availability up to 4.7.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in VMware Cloud Director Availability up to 4.7.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-22277. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Cloud Director Availability up to 4.7.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-22277 since 01/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 4.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at docs.vmware.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cloud Director Availability 4.7.2

Timelineinfo

01/08/2024 🔍
07/04/2024 +177 days 🔍
07/04/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/21/2025 +260 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-22277 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-22277
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-270348
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2024 15:55
Updated: 03/21/2025 03:31
Changes: 07/04/2024 15:55 (65), 07/06/2024 08:56 (2), 08/21/2024 20:15 (11), 03/21/2025 03:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good morning,
I can't find this cpe in the official NVD Nist dictionary, but I read:
vmware:cloud_director
vmware:vcloud_director
Could you please align?
Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
Thank you. According to https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-director.html and https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-director-availability.html this is a dedicated product and we expect NIST to update their NIST CPE Dictionary.

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