CVE-2025-40706

MEDIUM

OpenAtlas 8.9.0 - Cross-Site Scripting via Name Parameter in Insert Source Endpoint

Title source: llm

Description

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST request is sent. The vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie details, via the "/insert/source" petition, "name" parameter.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://github.com/craws/OpenAtlas

Third Party Advisory

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities-openatlas-acdh-ch

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 10.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

craws/openatlas 8.9.0

Published Aug 29, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026