Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Mist Community Edition Authentication Endpoint
CVE-2025-5412

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Key Information:

Vendor: Mist
Status: Community Edition
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 June 2025

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2025-5412?

A vulnerability has been discovered in Mist Community Edition versions up to 4.7.1 affecting the Authentication Endpoint. An issue in the 'Login' function of the src/mist/api/views.py file allows an attacker to manipulate the 'return_to' parameter, potentially enabling cross-site scripting attacks. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely, posing significant risks as the exploit has been disclosed publicly. To mitigate this risk, users are advised to upgrade to version 4.7.2, which includes a patch identified by the commit db10ecb62ac832c1ed4924556d167efb9bc07fad.

Affected Version(s)

Community Edition 4.7.0

Community Edition 4.7.1

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2025-5412 - Proof of Concept