CVE-2025-53903 (GCVE-0-2025-53903)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-15 18:22 – Updated: 2025-07-15 18:36
VLAI
Title
The Scratch Channel Has Potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Summary
The Scratch Channel is a news website that is under development as of time of this writing. The file `/api/users.js` doesn't properly sanitize text box inputs, leading to a potential vulnerability to cross-site scripting attacks. Commit 90b39eb56b27b2bac29001abb1a3cac0964b8ddb addresses this issue.
Severity
1.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-15 18:36 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The-Scratch-Channel the-scratch-channel.github.io Affected: < 90b39eb56b27b2bac29001abb1a3cac0964b8ddb
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