CVE-2025-40730 (GCVE-0-2025-40730)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 10:28 – Updated: 2025-07-28 15:18
VLAI
Title
HTML injection in Vox Media's Chorus CMS
Summary
HTML injection in Vox Media's Chorus CMS. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by sending them a malicious URL using the 'q' parameter in '/search'. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user data, such as session cookies, or to perform actions on behalf of the user.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Vox Media Chorus CMS Affected: all versions
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Date Public
2015-07-28 10:30
Credits
Gonzalo Aguilar García (6h4ack)
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