Medium severity · published May 22, 2025
CVE-2025-33138
IBM Aspera Faspex HTML injection
6.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AF
Aspera Faspex · IBM
5.0.0 through 5.0.12 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-33138
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-33138
Vendor Advisory
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7234114
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