CVE-2025-53923 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2025-53923

Emlog vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting in admin panel

8.2 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Emlog is an open source website building system. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in emlog up to and including pro-2.5.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keyword parameter. Due to lack of sanitization it is possible to inject HTML/JS code into keyword parameter. If one persuades an user into clicking into prepared link it is possible to execute any JS code in admin's browser. As of time of publication, no known patched versions exist.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://github.com/emlog/emlog/security/advisories/GHSA-vvx2-m94x-f54m

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Affected Vendor

emlog

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Affected Software

emlog

Vulnerable Versions:

<= pro-2.5.17

Timeline

Official Publish: July 16th, 2025

Last Modified: July 22nd, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

T1059.007 JavaScript

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service

T1491.001 Defacement