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CVE-2025-34236· NVD / CVE Program· CNA VulnCheck

Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 Stored XSS via NetworksController.addNetworkAction()

Advantech WebAccess/VPN versions prior to 1.1.5 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via NetworksController.addNetworkAction(). Insufficient validation or escaping of user-supplied input may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script in the context of a victim's browser.

MediumCVSS 6.2 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 6, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 9th percentile
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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
24 / 40 · 6.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · VulnCheck
6.2
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
advantechwebaccess\/vpn

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • advantech webaccess/vpnbefore 1.1.5

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Advantech WebAccess/VPN

    • before 1.1.5affected · semver

Same product

advantech: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-34239Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 Command Injection in AppManagementController.appUpgradeAction()
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-34242Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 SQL Injection via AjaxNetworkController.ajaxAction()
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-34240Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 SQL Injection via AppManagementController.appUpgradeAction()
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2025-34238Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 Path Traversal via AjaxStandaloneVpnClientsController.ajaxDownloadRoadWarriorConfigFileAction()
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2025-34237Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 Stored XSS via StandaloneVpnClientsController.addStandaloneVpnClientAction()
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2025-34246Advantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 SQL Injection via AjaxPrevalidationController.ajaxAction()
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Advantech WebAccess/VPN1.1.5Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-342370 days apartAdvantech WebAccess/VPN < 1.1.5 Stored XSS via StandaloneVpnClientsController.addStandaloneVpnClientAction()
    25Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

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References

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