Bootstrap Multiselect up to 1.1.2 post.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Bootstrap Multiselect up to 1.1.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file post.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-47204. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Bootstrap Multiselect up to 1.1.2 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file post.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in post.php in bootstrap-multiselect (aka Bootstrap Multiselect) 1.1.2. A PHP script in the source code echoes arbitrary POST data. If a developer adopts this structure wholesale in a live application, it could create a Reflective Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable through Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-47204 since 05/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:post.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying the patch 11e1a6c11d3954f44acfb0274b6dad4bd8045103 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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• Bootstrap Multiselect

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• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2

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• open-source

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