PT-2025-46528 · X Lite · X-Lite

CVE-2025-12120 · Published 2025-11-11 · Updated 2025-11-20

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lite XL versions prior to 2.1.9

Description Lite XL automatically executes the .lite project.lua file when opening a project directory without user confirmation. This file is designed for project configuration but can contain executable Lua code. Opening a malicious project could lead to the execution of untrusted Lua code, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the Lite XL process.

Recommendations Update Lite XL to version 2.1.9 or later.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-00071

CVE-2025-12120

Affected Products

X-Lite

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/12xxx/CVE-2025-12120.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl/pull/2164 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-00071 · Security Note
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579478 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12120 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12120 · Vendor Advisory
• https://hoploninfosec.com/lite-xl-text-editor-vulnerability · Note
• https://twitter.com/cyber_megan/status/1988295058085564640 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/dailytechonx/status/1989374778646380565 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1991555615689228730 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/70857 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/143479 · Telegram Post