Stored XSS via unescaped admin firstname
Published Oct 8, 2025 · Updated Oct 8, 2025
Stored XSS in Projectworlds Advanced Library Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to run script in viewers' browsers. The edit_admin.php handler stores the firstname POST value and later renders it into HTML without context-aware output encoding. Administrative edit access is required, and execution occurs when a user views a page that displays the persisted administrator name.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Projectworlds Advanced Library Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to run script in viewers' browsers. The edit_admin.php handler stores the firstname POST value and later renders it into HTML without context-aware output encoding. Administrative edit access is required, and execution occurs when a user views a page that displays the persisted administrator name.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11425
- Published
- Oct 8, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Project Worlds
- Product
- Advanced Library Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-94, CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Stored XSS in edit_admin.php proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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