Typesetter CMS up to 5.1 Administrative Interface Status.php path cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Typesetter CMS up to 5.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file include/admin/Tools/Status.php of the component Administrative Interface. This manipulation of the argument path causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-71166. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Typesetter CMS up to 5.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file include/admin/Tools/Status.php of the component Administrative Interface. The manipulation of the argument path 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:

Typesetter CMS versions up to and including 5.1 contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative interface within the Tools Status move message handling. The path parameter is reflected into the HTML output without proper output encoding in include/admin/Tools/Status.php. An authenticated attacker can supply crafted input containing HTML or JavaScript, resulting in arbitrary script execution in the context of an authenticated user's browser session.

The weakness was shared by Beatriz Fresno Naumova as 707. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-71166 since 01/14/2026. 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 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:include/admin/Tools/Status.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-2434). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Content Management System

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• Typesetter

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• CMS

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• 5.0
• 5.1

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• end of life

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