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CVE-2025-2623· NVD / CVE Program· CNA VulDB

westboy CicadasCMS save cross site scripting

A vulnerability was found in westboy CicadasCMS 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /system/cms/content/save. The manipulation of the argument title/content/laiyuan leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

MediumCVSS 5.1 · v4.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Mar 22, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 24th 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 · 0.3%

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:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
westboycicadascms

Affected versions

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

  • westboy cicadascms1.0

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.

  • westboy CicadasCMS

    • 1.0affected

Same product

westboy: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-3816westboy CicadasCMS Scheduled Task save os command injection
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2025-3585westboy CicadasCMS JSP Parser upload unrestricted upload
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2025-2625westboy CicadasCMS page sql injection
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2025-2624westboy CicadasCMS save sql injection
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2025-1556westboy CicadasCMS Template Management system deserialization
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2026-10153westboy CicadasCMS AbstractCacheManager.java search cross site scripting
    8Monitor

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-2026-10153434 days apartwestboy CicadasCMS AbstractCacheManager.java search cross site scripting
    8Monitor
  • CVE-2025-11068189 days apartwestboy CicadasCMS save cross site scripting
    7Monitor
  • CVE-2025-11069189 days apartwestboy CicadasCMS Add Department save cross site scripting
    7Monitor
  • CVE-2025-11289197 days apartwestboy CicadasCMS Template Management TemplateFileServiceImpl.java save cross site scripting
    7Monitor
  • CVE-2026-10529436 days apartwestboy CicadasCMS Task Scheduling Management ScheduleJobController.java cross site scripting
    7Monitor

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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
P
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:L/UI:P/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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