CVE-2025-40705
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Publication date: 2025-08-29

Last updated on: 2025-09-02

Assigner: Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute, S.A. (INCIBE)

Description
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST request is sent. The vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie details, via  the "/insert/acquisition" petition, "name" parameter.
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Published
2025-08-29
Last Modified
2025-09-02
Generated
2026-05-06
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2025-08-29
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
NVD
CVE-2025-40705
EUVD
EUVD-2025-26186
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Vendor Product Version / Range
craws openatlas 8.9.0
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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 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 caused by inadequate validation of user input in the 'name' parameter of a POST request to the '/insert/acquisition' endpoint. It allows a remote attacker to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user, potentially stealing their session cookie details.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability can allow an attacker to steal session cookies from authenticated users, which may lead to unauthorized access to user accounts or sensitive information within the affected application.


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