IBM Aspera Faspex HTML injection

published 2025-05-22 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16171

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

ibm aspera_faspex 5.0.12.1

ibm.com/support/pages/node/7234114 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-22)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

IBM Aspera Faspex

Classification

Weakness

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

ibm.com /support/pages/node/7234114
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-33138
NVD CVE-2025-33138

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Summary