Nozomi CMC up to 25.5.x cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Nozomi CMC up to 25.5.x. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-40895. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nozomi CMC up to 25.5.x. This affects an unknown code. 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. The summary by CVE is:

A Stored HTML Injection vulnerability was discovered in the CMC's Sensor Map functionality due to improper validation on connected Guardians' properties. A malicious authenticated user with administrator privileges on a Guardian connected to a CMC can edit the Guardian's properties to inject HTML tags. If the Sensor Map functionality is enabled in the CMC, when a victim CMC user interacts with it, then the injected HTML may render in their browser, enabling phishing and possibly open redirect attacks. Full XSS exploitation and direct information disclosure are prevented by the existing input validation and Content Security Policy configuration.

The weakness was presented with Nozomi Networks Product Security Team. It is possible to read the advisory at security.nozominetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-40895 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 25.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Nozomi

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• CMC

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• 25.0
• 25.1
• 25.2
• 25.3
• 25.4
• 25.5

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