CVE-2025-40642 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-40642: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WebWork

Vendor Webwork

Product WebWork PHP script

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published September 8, 2025

Last update September 8, 2025

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CVSS base score

5.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction —

Confidentiality —

Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 8, 2025 CVE published

September 8, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40642 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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