VulnerabilityPublished 30 May 2025

CVE-2025-4988: Dassault Systèmes Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Dassault Systèmes Multidisciplinary Optimization EngineerSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

8.7High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 26% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 May 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

European organizations should implement a multi-layered mitigation strategy. First, they should monitor Dassault Systèmes' official channels closely for security advisories and patches addressing CVE-2025-4988 and apply updates promptly once available. Until patches are released, organizations should restrict access to the Results Analytics component to trusted users only and enforce the principle of least privilege to minimize the number of users with write or input submission capabilities. Input validation and output encoding should be reviewed and enhanced where possible within the application environment or through web application firewalls (WAFs) configured to detect and block XSS payloads targeting the affected endpoints. User awareness training should emphasize the risks of interacting with untrusted content or links within the platform. Additionally, organizations should implement robust session management controls, including short session timeouts and multi-factor authentication, to reduce the impact of session hijacking. Logging and monitoring should be enhanced to detect anomalous activities indicative of exploitation attempts, such as unusual script execution or unexpected user actions. Network segmentation can limit lateral movement if an account is compromised. Finally, consider conducting targeted penetration testing or code reviews focused on input handling in the Results Analytics module to identify any additional weaknesses.

Description

A stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Results Analytics in Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer from Release 3DEXPERIENCE R2022x through Release 3DEXPERIENCE R2024x allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in user's browser session.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses significant risks especially to industries relying on Dassault Systèmes' Multidisciplinary Optimization Engineer for product development, such as aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and engineering sectors. Successful exploitation could lead to compromise of sensitive intellectual property, unauthorized access to proprietary engineering data, and potential disruption of engineering workflows. The high confidentiality and integrity impacts mean that data theft or manipulation could have downstream effects on product safety, compliance, and competitive advantage. Additionally, the scope change in the CVSS vector suggests that the vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges or affect other components beyond the initially compromised user session. Given the collaborative nature of engineering platforms, lateral movement within corporate networks is a plausible risk. The requirement for user interaction and privileges limits the attack surface somewhat but does not eliminate risk, especially in environments with many users and complex access controls. The absence of known exploits in the wild provides a window of opportunity for proactive defense but also underscores the need for vigilance as attackers may develop exploits once patches are released or the vulnerability becomes public knowledge.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

3ds.com/vulnerability/advisories (opens in a new tab)

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 8 Jul 2025, 13:41 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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