CVE-2025-57768
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Publication date: 2025-08-21

Last updated on: 2025-08-22

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description
Phproject is a high performance full-featured project management system. From 1.8.0 to before 1.8.3, a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Planned Hours field when creating a new project. When sending a POST request to /issues/new/, the value provided in the Planned Hours field is included in the server response without any HTML encoding or sanitization. Because of this, an attacker can craft a malicious payload such as <script>alert(1)</script> and include it in the planned_hours parameter. The server reflects the input directly in the HTML of the project creation page, causing the browser to interpret and execute it. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.3.
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Published
2025-08-21
Last Modified
2025-08-22
Generated
2026-05-06
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2025-08-21
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 3 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
phproject phproject 1.8.1
phproject phproject 1.8.2
phproject phproject 1.8.0
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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 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.


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