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ghsa-7pr5-w74r-jjj7

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-17 12:31

Modified

2025-07-15 00:27

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

Mezzanine CMS has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the displayable_links_js function

Details

Mezzanine CMS, in versions prior to 6.1.1, contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface. The vulnerability exists in the "displayable_links_js" function, which fails to properly sanitize blog post titles before including them in JSON responses served via "/admin/displayable_links.js". An authenticated admin user can create a blog post with a malicious JavaScript payload in the title field, then trick another admin user into clicking a direct link to the "/admin/displayable_links.js" endpoint, causing the malicious script to execute in their browser.

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CVE-2025-6050 (GCVE-0-2025-6050)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-17 11:06

Modified

2025-07-24 15:30

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/discussions/2080
	https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/commit/898630d8df48cf3ddb8b9942f59168b93216e3f8
	https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CVE-2025-6050/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	jupo	mezzanine	Version: 0.1

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Nomenclature

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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