CVE-2025-66040
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Publication date: 2025-11-27

Last updated on: 2025-11-27

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description
Spotipy is a Python library for the Spotify Web API. Prior to version 2.25.2, there is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OAuth callback server that allows for JavaScript injection through the unsanitized error parameter. Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the user's browser during OAuth authentication. This issue has been patched in version 2.25.2.
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Published
2025-11-27
Last Modified
2025-11-27
Generated
2026-06-16
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2025-11-27
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-66040
EUVD
EUVD-2025-199770
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Vendor Product Version / Range
spotipy spotipy 2.25.2
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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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Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the user's browser during OAuth authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data theft, or session hijacking within the context of the affected application.

Mitigation Strategies

Update the Spotipy library to version 2.25.2 or later, as this version contains the patch that fixes the cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OAuth callback server.

Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in the Spotipy Python library's OAuth callback server prior to version 2.25.2. It allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript through an unsanitized error parameter during OAuth authentication, which can then be executed in the user's browser.

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