CVE-2025-40642

MEDIUM

WebWork PHP script - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'q' and 'engine' Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v4 5.1
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 38.0%
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
WebWork/WebWork PHP script all versions
Published Sep 08, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026