CVE-2025-2946 (GCVE-0-2025-2946)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-03 12:23 – Updated: 2025-04-03 17:57
VLAI
Title
Cross-Site Vulnerability(XSS) due to arbitrary HTML/JavaScript gets executed while query result rendering in Query Tool and View/Edit Data Tool of pgAdmin 4
Summary
pgAdmin <= 9.1 is affected by a security vulnerability with Cross-Site Scripting(XSS). If attackers execute any arbitrary HTML/JavaScript in a user's browser through query result rendering, then HTML/JavaScript runs on the browser.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-03 13:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
PostgreSQL CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 115 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4 Affected: 0 , < 9.2 (custom)
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