HestiaCP up to 1.9.4 DNS Record Rendering list_dns_rec.php htmlspecialchars Value cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in HestiaCP up to 1.9.4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function htmlspecialchars of the file list_dns_rec.php of the component DNS Record Rendering. This manipulation of the argument Value causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-30008. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in HestiaCP up to 1.9.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function htmlspecialchars of the file list_dns_rec.php of the component DNS Record Rendering. The manipulation of the argument value 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:

HestiaCP before 1.9.5 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privilege users to inject arbitrary HTML by creating a DNS record with a double-quote followed by a script payload in the value field. The application fails to apply htmlspecialchars() encoding to the DNS record value field rendered into the data-sort-value HTML attribute in list_dns_rec.php, allowing the payload to execute in the browser of any user who views the DNS record list, including administrators.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30008 since 03/13/2025. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Upgrading to version 1.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• HestiaCP

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• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4

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

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