CVE-2025-8386
CVSS 6.9 Medium
- CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
- Published: 2025-11-15T00:15:48.290
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant
(with privilege of “aaConfigTools”) to tamper with App Objects’ help
files and persist a cross-site scripting (XSS) injection that when
executed by a victim user, can result in horizontal or vertical
escalation of privileges. The vulnerability can only be exploited during
config-time operations within the IDE component of Application Server.
Run-time components and operations are not affected.
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How to fix CVE-2025-8386
CVE-2025-8386 is a medium severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.
Description: The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (with privilege of “aaConfigTools”) to tamper with App Objects’ help files and persist a cross-site scripting (XSS) injection that when executed by a victim user, can result in horizontal or vertical escalation of privileges. The vulnerability can only be exploited during config-time operations within the IDE […]
Exploit Difficulty: VERY HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: Days or weeks
🛠️ Required skills: Expert-level security skills
💰 Public exploits: Not publicly available
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Description: The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (with privilege of “aaConfigTools”) to tamper with App Objects’ help files and persist a cross-site scripting (XSS) injection that when executed by a victim user, can result in horizontal or vertical escalation of privileges. The vulnerability can only be exploited during config-time operations within the IDE […]
Exploit Difficulty: VERY HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: Days or weeks
🛠️ Required skills: Expert-level security skills
💰 Public exploits: Not publicly available
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running the affected product
2 Immediate actions
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
VERY HARD
Time to Exploit: Days or weeks
Skills Required: Expert-level security skills
Public Exploits: Not publicly available
Vulnerability Timeline
Nov 15, 2025
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Nov 15, 2025
Imported to Database
Added to this CVE tracking system
Detection Rules & IOCs
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No vendor/product data available.