VDB-286137 · CVE-2024-38833 · VMSA-2024-0022

VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18.1 Email Template cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.2	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Email Template Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-38833. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in VMware Aria Operations up to 8.18.1. This affects an unknown code block of the component Email Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

VMware Aria Operations contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A malicious actor with editing access to email templates might inject malicious script leading to stored cross-site scripting in the product VMware Aria Operations.

The advisory is shared at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-38833 since 06/20/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 8.18.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

VMware

Name

Aria Operations

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.8
CNA Vector (vmware): 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Aria Operations 8.18.2

Timelineinfo

06/20/2024 🔍
11/26/2024 +159 days 🔍
11/26/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +169 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2024-0022
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38833 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38833
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-286137
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2024 14:24
Updated: 05/14/2025 20:56
Changes: 11/26/2024 14:24 (65), 12/07/2024 02:00 (1), 02/23/2025 07:51 (3), 05/14/2025 20:56 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103