CVE-2025-27800
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Publication date: 2025-07-28

Last updated on: 2025-11-03

Assigner: SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab

Description
The Episerver Content Management System (CMS) by Optimizely was affected by multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. This allowed an authenticated attacker to execute malicious JavaScript code in the victim's browser. The Admin dashboard offered the functionality to add gadgets to the dashboard. This included the "Notes" gadget. An authenticated attacker with the corresponding access rights (such as "WebAdmin") that was impersonating the victim could insert malicious JavaScript code in these notes that would be executed if the victim visited the dashboard. Affected products: Version 11.X: EPiServer.CMS.Core (<11.21.4) with EPiServer.CMS.UI (<11.37.5), Version 12.X: EPiServer.CMS.Core (<12.22.1) with EPiServer.CMS.UI (<11.37.3)
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Published
2025-07-28
Last Modified
2025-11-03
Generated
2026-05-07
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2025-07-28
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 4 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
optimizely episerver.cms.ui 12.0
optimizely episerver.cms.core 12.0
optimizely episerver.cms.core 11.0
optimizely episerver.cms.ui 11.0
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CWE ID Description
CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Episerver Content Management System (CMS) by Optimizely. An authenticated attacker with certain access rights (such as 'WebAdmin') can insert malicious JavaScript code into the 'Notes' gadget on the Admin dashboard. When a victim visits the dashboard, this malicious code executes in their browser, potentially compromising their session or data.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript in the browser of an authenticated user who visits the compromised dashboard. This can lead to unauthorized actions performed on behalf of the victim, theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious activities within the CMS environment.


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