CVE-2025-59035
MEDIUMIndico < 3.3.8 - Cross-Site Scripting in LaTeX Math Renderer
Title source: llmDescription
Indico is an event management system that uses Flask-Multipass, a multi-backend authentication system for Flask. Prior to version 3.3.8, there is a Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability when rendering LaTeX math code in contribution or abstract descriptions. Users should to update to Indico 3.3.8 as soon as possible. As a workaround, only let trustworthy users create content on Indico. Note that a conference doing a Call for Abstracts actively invites external speakers (who the organizers may not know and thus cannot fully trust) to submit content, hence the need to update to a a fixed version ASAP in particular when using such workflows.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/indico/indico/security/advisories/GHSA-7cf7-9wrr-vrf4
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/indico/indico/releases/tag/v3.3.8
Scores
CVSS v3
4.6
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
10.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
cern/indico
< 3.3.8
pypi/indico
0 - 3.3.8PyPI
Published
Sep 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026