CVE-2025-40642

MEDIUM EPSS 37.8%

Published Sep 8, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

5.1 CVSS 4.0

Medium

Published Sep 8, 2025 9mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.

CVSS Details

Base Score

5.1

Exploitability

—

Impact

—

Vector string

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction A

Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

37.8% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

References 1

incibe.es https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-webwork

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.