Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in OpenAtlas from ACDH-CH
CVE-2025-40702

5.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Acdh-ch

Status
Openatlas
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 August 2025

What is CVE-2025-40702?

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in OpenAtlas v8.9.0, allowing attackers to exploit inadequate input validation during POST requests. By crafting malicious queries targeting authenticated users, attackers can potentially intercept session cookies through the '/insert/file' petition, specifically utilizing the 'creator' and 'license_holder' parameters. This vulnerability poses significant security risks as it can facilitate unauthorized access to user sessions.

Affected Version(s)

OpenAtlas 8.9.0

References

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multip...
https://github.com/craws/OpenAtlas

CVSS V4

Score:
5.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Andrea Intilangelo (acme)
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