CVE-2025-57768
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-08-21
Last updated on: 2025-08-22
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| phproject | phproject | 1.8.1 |
| phproject | phproject | 1.8.2 |
| phproject | phproject | 1.8.0 |
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Exploitability
| 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 Phproject versions from 1.8.0 to before 1.8.3. It occurs in the Planned Hours field when creating a new project. An attacker can send a malicious script in the planned_hours parameter via a POST request to /issues/new/. The server then includes this input directly in the HTML response without encoding or sanitization, causing the browser to execute the malicious script.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser. This can lead to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or performing actions on behalf of the user without their consent.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Upgrade Phproject to version 1.8.3 or later, as this version contains the fix for the Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Planned Hours field. Until the upgrade can be performed, avoid accepting or processing untrusted input in the planned_hours parameter to prevent exploitation.