PT-2025-36458 · Webwork · Webwork

Published 2025-09-08 · Updated 2025-09-08 · CVE-2025-40642

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WebWork (affected versions not specified)

Description: A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue exists in WebWork, potentially enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is triggered through the q and engine request parameters in the /search API endpoint.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-40642

Affected Products

Webwork

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40642 · Security Note
• https://incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-webwork · Note
• https://twitter.com/incibe_cert/status/1965011917988114516 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1965016711041532346 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1965033939531149539 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/134611 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/31952 · Telegram Post