---
id: CVE-2025-8386
title: |-
  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,…
summary: |-
  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,…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-80
published: '2025-11-15'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8386'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2025/icsa-25-317-02.json
    label: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
  - url: >-
      https://www.aveva.com/content/dam/aveva/documents/support/cyber-security-updates/SecurityBulletin-AVEVA-2025-005.pdf
    label: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
  - url: 'https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-317-02'
    label: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00158
epssPercentile: 0.04391
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:15.043Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.