CVE-2025-24853 (GCVE-0-2025-24853)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-31 08:42
Modified
2025-07-31 17:55
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
A carefully crafted request when creating a header link using the wiki markup syntax, which could allow the attacker to execute javascript in the victim's browser and get some sensitive information about the victim. Further research by the JSPWiki team showed that the markdown parser allowed this kind of attack too. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.12.3 or later.
References
security@apache.orghttps://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=CVE-2025-24853Vendor Advisory
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