Stored XSS via unrestricted file upload
Published Jun 3, 2025 · Updated Jun 3, 2025
Stored XSS in enilu web-flash 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject browser-executed script through a file upload. FileController.upload passes the supplied File to fileService.upload without checking its suffix, permitting active content to be stored for later retrieval. Low-privileged upload access and a victim viewing the uploaded file are required; execution is limited to the victim's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in enilu web-flash 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject browser-executed script through a file upload. FileController.upload passes the supplied File to fileService.upload without checking its suffix, permitting active content to be stored for later retrieval. Low-privileged upload access and a victim viewing the uploaded file are required; execution is limited to the victim's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5523
- Published
- Jun 3, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Vendor
- enilu
- Product
- web-flash
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CWE-94, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Upstream arbitrary-file-upload proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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