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ghsa-jqpj-2w79-j7h7

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-10-20 12:30

Modified

2025-10-20 12:30

Severity ?

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

Details

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) stored vulnerability in Tawk Live Chat. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by uploading a malicious PDF with JavaScript payload through the chatbot. The PDF is stored by the application and subsequently displayed without proper sanitisation when other users access it. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user data, such as session cookies, or to perform actions on behalf of the user.

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CVE-2025-8349 (GCVE-0-2025-8349)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-10-20 09:56

Modified

2025-10-20 18:57

Severity ?

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

CWE

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

Summary

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) stored vulnerability in Tawk Live Chat. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by uploading a malicious PDF with JavaScript payload through the chatbot. The PDF is stored by the application and subsequently displayed without proper sanitisation when other users access it. This vulnerability can be exploited to steal sensitive user data, such as session cookies, or to perform actions on behalf of the user.

References

URL

Tags

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/cross-site-scripting-xss-stored-tawk-live-chat

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Tawk	Live Chat	Version: All versions

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