Emlog up to pro-2.5.17 keyword cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Emlog up to pro-2.5.17. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation of the argument keyword leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53923. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Emlog up to pro-2.5.17. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument keyword 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. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-53923 since 07/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Name

• Emlog

Version

• pro-2.5.0
• pro-2.5.1
• pro-2.5.2
• pro-2.5.3
• pro-2.5.4
• pro-2.5.5
• pro-2.5.6
• pro-2.5.7
• pro-2.5.8
• pro-2.5.9
• pro-2.5.10
• pro-2.5.11
• pro-2.5.12
• pro-2.5.13
• pro-2.5.14
• pro-2.5.15
• pro-2.5.16
• pro-2.5.17

Website

• Product: https://github.com/emlog/emlog/

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