CVE-2025-11425Public exploitNetwork attack vector

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.

CVSS severity4.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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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

  1. Oct 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Project Worlds · Advanced Library Management Systemversion=1.0

Published CVSS scores

1.9VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.4VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.3VulDBAV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:P/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-94Code Injection
CWE-79Cross Site Scripting
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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