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CVE-2025-8553

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-8553 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in atjiu pybbs up to version 6.0.0, specifically impacting the /admin/sensitive_word/list file when manipulating the 'word' argument. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.4, it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed and a patch is available (2fe4a51afbce0068c291bc1818bbc8f7f3b01a22), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pybbs_project:pybbs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

1.9LOW

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
PASSIVE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
LOW
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
PROOF_OF_CONCEPT
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 15,222 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / atjiu/pybbs/commit/2fe4a51afbce0068c291bc1818bbc8f7f3b01a22
Patch
github.com / atjiu/pybbs/issues/206
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / atjiu/pybbs/issues/206
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / atjiu/pybbs/issues/206
Issue Tracking
vuldb.com
Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
vuldb.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vuldb.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry