CVE-2025-40707 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in OpenAtlas v8.9.0, developed by the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH). This flaw stems from insufficient input validation when handling POST requests, specifically within the "/insert/place" petition using the "name" and "alias-0" parameters. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), a successful exploit could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject specially crafted queries, potentially stealing session cookies from other authenticated users. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:craws:openatlas:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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
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