CVE-2025-4417 (GCVE-0-2025-4417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-12 19:32
Modified
2025-06-12 19:57
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
CWE
Summary
A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in AVEVA PI Connector for CygNet Versions 1.6.14 and prior that, if exploited, could allow an administrator miscreant with local access to the connector admin portal to persist arbitrary JavaScript code that will be executed by other users who visit affected pages.
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