ACDH-CH OpenAtlas 8.9.0 /insert/acquisition Name cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in ACDH-CH OpenAtlas 8.9.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /insert/acquisition. Such manipulation of the argument Name leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-40705. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ACDH-CH OpenAtlas 8.9.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file /insert/acquisition. The manipulation of the argument name 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:

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST request is sent. The vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie details, via  the "/insert/acquisition" petition, "name" parameter.

The weakness was shared by Andrea Intilangelo. The advisory is available at incibe.es. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-40705 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. 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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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
08/29/2025 +135 days Advisory disclosed
08/29/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/29/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: incibe.es
Researcher: Andrea Intilangelo
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-40705 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40705
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321914

Entryinfo

Created: 08/29/2025 13:47
Changes: 08/29/2025 13:47 (67)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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