CVE-2025-65956 (GCVE-0-2025-65956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-25 23:20 – Updated: 2025-11-26 16:11
VLAI
Title
Formwork CMS Has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Blog Tags
Summary
Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). Prior to version 2.2.0, inserting unsanitized data into the blog tag field results in stored cross‑site scripting (XSS). Any user with credentials to the Formwork CMS who accesses or edits an affected blog post will have attacker‑controlled script executed in their browser. The issue is persistent and impacts privileged administrative workflows. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-26 16:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 8074 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
getformwork formwork Affected: < 2.2.0
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