CVE-2025-34305Public exploitNetwork attack vectorHinoki check available

Stored XSS via discarded encoding result

Published Oct 28, 2025 · Updated Oct 28, 2025

Stored XSS in IPFire before 2.29 (Core Update 198) allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in other users' browsers. The cleanhtml() function in /var/ipfire/header.pl calls escape() and HTML::Entities::encode_entities() but discards the encoded return value, then stores and renders the original input. Authentication is required to submit a crafted field, and script execution occurs when another user views the saved entry.

CVSS severity5.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.45%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in IPFire before 2.29 (Core Update 198) allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in other users' browsers. The cleanhtml() function in /var/ipfire/header.pl calls escape() and HTML::Entities::encode_entities() but discards the encoded return value, then stores and renders the original input. Authentication is required to submit a crafted field, and script execution occurs when another user views the saved entry.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-34305
Published
Oct 28, 2025
Updated
Oct 28, 2025
Vendor
IPFire Project
Product
IPFire
Classifications
CWE-79, T1059.007
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <2.29 (Core Update 198)

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IPFire Project · IPFireversion=0 <2.29 (Core Update 198)

Published CVSS scores

5.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.1VulnCheckCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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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
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1059.007Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

Public exploit references

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