CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40642

MediumCVSS 5.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.52%

42th percentile - higher than 42% of all known CVEs

Summary

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.

Risk Assessment

Risk of script execution in victim's browser, potentially leading to session theft or other attacks.

Recommendation

Sanitize input and apply output encoding in the WebWork application.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS