PT-2025-35210 · Openatlas · Openatlas

Andrea Intilangelo · Published 2025-08-29 · Updated 2025-09-01 · CVE-2025-40709

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenAtlas version 8.9.0

Description OpenAtlas is susceptible to a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue caused by insufficient validation of user input received through POST requests. This could allow a remote user to send crafted queries to an authenticated user, potentially stealing session cookie details. The vulnerability occurs via the /insert/person/<ID> API endpoint, specifically through the name and alias-0 parameters.

Recommendations Apply input validation and sanitization to the name and alias-0 parameters within the /insert/person/<ID> API endpoint.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-40709

Affected Products

Openatlas

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40709 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40709 · Security Note
• https://github.com/craws/OpenAtlas · Note
• https://incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilities-openatlas-acdh-ch · Note
• https://twitter.com/SecAideInfo/status/1962459484137091231 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/31241 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1961410595963420813 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1961396064524640704 · Twitter Post