Emlog article.php cross site scripting

published 2025-06-09 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-17477

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in Emlog up to 2.5.7 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/article.php. The manipulation of the argument active_post leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 16 mo ago (2025-06-10)

Exploit prediction

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/users/God-mellon/projects/3/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=109223682&issue=God-mellon%7Ctest2%7C2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.1	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	3.0	3.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	2.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

n/a Emlog

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

github.com /users/God-mellon/projects/3/views/1?pane=issue&itemId=109223682&issue=God-mellon%7Ctest2%7C2
exploit, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.311657
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.311657
signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
vuldb.com /?submit.571804
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-5886
NVD CVE-2025-5886

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Summary