VDB-338453 · CVE-2025-36230 · EUVD-2025-205439

IBM Aspera Faspex up to 5.0.14.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM Aspera Faspex up to 5.0.14.1 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-36230. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Aspera Faspex up to 5.0.14.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Aspera Faspex 5 5.0.0 through 5.0.14.1 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.

The advisory is shared at ibm.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-36230 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated 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 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-205439). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Aspera Faspex

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
12/26/2025 +255 days Advisory disclosed
12/26/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/29/2025 +3 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-36230 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-36230
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-338453
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/26/2025 16:08
Updated: 12/29/2025 19:10
Changes: 12/26/2025 16:08 (63), 12/27/2025 04:13 (1), 12/29/2025 19:10 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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