CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2025-0423 — In the "bestinformed Web" application, some user input was not properly sanitized

Medium CVSS 5.3

In the "bestinformed Web" application, some user input was not properly sanitized. This leads to multiple unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. An unauthenticated attacker is able to compromise the sessions of users on the server by injecting JavaScript code into their session using an "Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting". The attacker is then able to ride the session of those users and can abuse their privileges on the "bestinformed Web" application.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.3 (4.0)
Published
2025-02-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
javascript/npm
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Affected products

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Matched remediation archetype

Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output

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Check exposure

  • Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
  • Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
  • Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.

Remediate safely

  • Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
  • Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
  • Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.

Authoritative sources

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