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CVE-2025-0709· NVD / CVE Program· CNA VulDB

Dcat-Admin Roles Page roles cross site scripting

A vulnerability was found in Dcat-Admin 2.2.1-beta. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/auth/roles of the component Roles Page. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

MediumCVSS 5.1 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 24, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 30th percentile
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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · VulDB
5.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
dcatadmindcat admin

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • dcatadmin dcat admin2.2.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a Dcat-Admin

    • 2.2.1-betaaffected

Same product

dcatadmin: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-65656dcat-admin v2.2.3-beta and before is vulnerable to file inclusion in admin/src/Extend/VersionManager.php.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-29644Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in dcat-admin v.2.1.3 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2023-33736A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Dcat-Admin v2.1.3-beta allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-54775Dcat-Admin v2.2.0-beta and v2.2.2-beta contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via /admin/auth/menu and /admin/auth/extensions.
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2024-54774Dcat Admin v2.2.0-beta contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/articles/create.
    19Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-29644304 days apartCross Site Scripting vulnerability in dcat-admin v.2.1.3 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2024-5477428 days apartDcat Admin v2.2.0-beta contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/articles/create.
    19Monitor
  • CVE-2024-5477528 days apartDcat-Admin v2.2.0-beta and v2.2.2-beta contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via /admin/auth/menu and /admin/auth/extensions.
    19Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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