CVE-2025-12298Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Stored script execution via unencoded category name

Published Oct 27, 2025 · Updated Oct 27, 2025

Stored XSS in Code Projects Simple Food Ordering System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute script in users' browsers via pname. The editcategory.php handler stores the category-name value without adequate validation, and category.php renders that value without output encoding. No authentication is required to submit the input, but another user must view the affected category content; execution remains in that user's browser context.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.36%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Code Projects Simple Food Ordering System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute script in users' browsers via pname. The editcategory.php handler stores the category-name value without adequate validation, and category.php renders that value without output encoding. No authentication is required to submit the input, but another user must view the affected category content; execution remains in that user's browser context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-12298
Published
Oct 27, 2025
Updated
Oct 27, 2025
Vendor
Code Projects
Product
Simple Food Ordering System in PHP
Classifications
CWE-79, CWE-94, T1059.007
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Code Projects · Simple Food Ordering System in PHPversion=1.0

Published CVSS scores

6.1NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.0VulDBAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
2.1VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
4.3VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
T1059.007JavaScript/JScript

Public exploit references

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