cuba-platform jpawebapi up to 1.1.0 Header Content-Type cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in cuba-platform jpawebapi up to 1.1.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Header Handler. This manipulation of the argument Content-Type causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-32961. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in cuba-platform jpawebapi up to 1.1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument Content-Type with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Cuba JPA web API enables loading and saving any entities defined in the application data model by sending simple HTTP requests. Prior to version 1.1.1, the input parameter, which consists of a file path and name, can be manipulated to return the Content-Type header with text/html if the name part ends with .html. This could allow malicious JavaScript code to be executed in the browser. For a successful attack, a malicious file needs to be uploaded beforehand. This issue has been patched in version 1.1.1. A workaround is provided on the Jmix documentation website.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-32961 since 04/14/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 78b837d7e2b12d0df69cef1bc6042ebf3bdaf22c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• cuba-platform

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• jpawebapi

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1.0

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/cuba-platform/jpawebapi/

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