CVE-2022-31678

CRITICAL EXPLOITED IN THE WILD NUCLEI

VMware Cloud Foundation < 3.11 and NSX Data Center < 6.4.14 - XML External Entity Injection

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2022-31678 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

VMware Cloud Foundation (NSX-V) contains an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability. On VCF 3.x instances with NSX-V deployed, this may allow a user to exploit this issue leading to a denial-of-service condition or unintended information disclosure.

Nuclei Templates (1)

VMWare Cloud Foundation NSX-V - XML External Entity (XXE)

CRITICALVERIFIEDby daffainfo

Shodan: title:"VMware Appliance Management"

FOFA: title="VMware Appliance Management"

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0027.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1

EPSS 0.0809

EPSS Percentile 94.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2023-03-08

InTheWild.io 2023-03-06

CWE

CWE-611

Status published

Products (2)

vmware/cloud_foundation < 3.11

vmware/nsx_data_center < 6.4.14

Published Oct 28, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026