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CVE-2025-1087 (GCVE-0-2025-1087)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-09 11:37 – Updated: 2025-09-17 13:48
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Summary
Kong Insomnia Desktop Application before 11.0.2 contains a template injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing template strings, which can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the application.
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kong Inc. Insomnia Affected: n/a , ≤ 11.0.2 (semver)
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