VDB-320729 · CVE-2025-57730 · Nessus 253589

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA up to 2025.1 Remote Development Feature cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA up to 2025.1 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Remote Development Feature. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-57730. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA up to 2025.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Remote Development Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

In JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA before 2025.2 hTML injection was possible via Remote Development feature

The advisory is shared at jetbrains.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-57730 since 08/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253589 (IntelliJ IDEA < 2025.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2025.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (253589) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1884). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA

Productinfo

Vendor

JetBrains

Name

IntelliJ IDEA

Version

License

free

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Temp Score: 2.7
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 4.6
NVD Vector: 🔒

CNA Base Score: 5.2
CNA Vector (JetBrains): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 253589
Nessus Name: IntelliJ IDEA < 2025.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Timelineinfo

08/18/2025 CVE reserved
08/20/2025 +2 days Advisory disclosed
08/20/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/01/2025 +41 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jetbrains.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-57730 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-57730
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-320729
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1884 - JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 08/20/2025 11:37
Updated: 10/01/2025 01:51
Changes: 08/20/2025 11:37 (64), 08/21/2025 15:13 (7), 08/23/2025 19:43 (2), 10/01/2025 01:51 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.