CVE-2025-60164 in NewsMANApp Plugin
Summary
by MITRE • 09/26/2025
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in NewsMAN NewsmanApp allows Stored XSS. This issue affects NewsmanApp: from n/a through 2.7.7.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 09/26/2025
The CVE-2025-60164 vulnerability represents a critical security flaw in the NewsMAN NewsmanApp software that demonstrates the dangerous intersection of cross-site request forgery and stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. This vulnerability exists within the NewsmanApp application version range from an unspecified starting point through version 2.7.7, indicating a broad affected scope that could potentially impact numerous installations. The flaw arises from inadequate validation and sanitization of user input within the application's request processing mechanisms, creating a pathway for malicious actors to exploit the system's trust model.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability stems from the application's failure to properly implement anti-CSRF tokens or other protective measures when handling user requests. When legitimate users interact with the application's web interface, the system does not adequately verify the authenticity of requests originating from authorized sources. This weakness allows attackers to craft malicious requests that appear to come from authenticated users, enabling them to manipulate the application's behavior. The stored XSS component emerges when the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied data before storing it in the backend database, subsequently rendering this data without proper escaping mechanisms during subsequent retrieval and display operations.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is severe and multifaceted, as it provides attackers with the capability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of authenticated user sessions. This allows for complete session hijacking, data exfiltration, and potential privilege escalation within the application's administrative functions. Attackers can craft malicious payloads that, when stored within the application's database, will execute automatically whenever authenticated users view affected content, creating a persistent threat vector. The vulnerability essentially transforms the application into a potential command and control platform for attackers, enabling them to perform actions such as modifying user permissions, accessing sensitive data, or redirecting users to malicious websites.
Security professionals should consider this vulnerability as a prime example of how insufficient input validation and inadequate session management can create cascading security failures. The flaw aligns with CWE-352, which specifically addresses cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities, and CWE-79, which covers cross-site scripting issues. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to techniques involving credential access through session hijacking and execution through malicious input manipulation. Organizations should immediately implement mitigations including the enforcement of robust anti-CSRF token mechanisms, comprehensive input sanitization, and proper output encoding. Additionally, regular security audits and penetration testing should be conducted to identify similar vulnerabilities within the application's architecture, while user authentication mechanisms should be strengthened through multi-factor authentication implementation to limit the impact of potential exploitation.