CVE-2025-52184Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Privilege escalation via inline HTML attachments

Published Aug 26, 2025 · Updated Aug 27, 2025

Stored XSS in Helpy.io 2.8.0 allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a privileged user's browser through a topic attachment. The new-topic endpoint accepts an HTML attachment and later serves it inline without sanitization or protective response headers. Exploitation requires staff or an administrator to open the attachment, after which the script runs with that user's session privileges and can perform privileged actions.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.34%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in Helpy.io 2.8.0 allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a privileged user's browser through a topic attachment. The new-topic endpoint accepts an HTML attachment and later serves it inline without sanitization or protective response headers. Exploitation requires staff or an administrator to open the attachment, after which the script runs with that user's session privileges and can perform privileged actions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-52184
Published
Aug 26, 2025
Updated
Aug 27, 2025
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-79, T1185
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

Affected buildAffected product and version details are unavailable.

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

6.1CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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')
T1185Browser Session Hijacking

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