CVE-2025-40709
Medium
Description
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST request is sent. The vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie details, via the "/insert/person/<ID>” petition, "name" and "alias-0” parameters.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductCraws Openatlas
PublishedAug 29, 2025
First seenAug 29, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-79Cross-site scripting (XSS)
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| craws openatlas | 8.9.0 | — |
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