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CVE-2025-40705

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 0.21% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-08-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2025-40705
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.4
EPSS
0.21%

Original NVD Description

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.

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