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Publication date: 2025-11-05

Last updated on: 2025-11-07

Assigner: MITRE

Description

OpenKM Community Edition 6.3.12 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the user account creation interface. The Name field accepts script tags and the Email field is vulnerable when the POST request is modified to include encoded script tags, by passing frontend validation.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-05

Last Modified

2025-11-07

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-05

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-57244

EUVD

EUVD-2025-37895

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
openkm	openkm	6.3.12

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

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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Executive Summary

This vulnerability in OpenKM Community Edition 6.3.12 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in the user account creation interface. Specifically, the Name field allows script tags to be entered, and the Email field is vulnerable when the POST request is modified to include encoded script tags, bypassing frontend validation. This means malicious scripts can be stored and later executed in the context of the application.

Impact Analysis

The stored XSS vulnerability can allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of users of the OpenKM application. This can lead to session hijacking, theft of sensitive information, unauthorized actions performed on behalf of users, or distribution of malware.

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