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CVE-2025-61788
Opencast is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Prior to Opencast 17.8 and 18.2, the paella would include and render some user inputs (metadata like title, description, etc.) unfiltered and unmodified. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject and malicious HTML and JavaScript in the player, which would then be executed in the browsers of users watching the prepared media. This can then be used to modify the site or to execute actions
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"opencast","vendor":"opencast","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 17.8"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 18.0, < 18.2"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":5.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","subIntegrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a29229fb8819cd93608512be5f8b2fb79618cee17f3239f5885489417114874 · sha256:627170cd809ad58e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a29229fb8819cd93608512be5f8b2fb79618cee17f3239f5885489417114874 · sha256:627170cd809ad58e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/2809520fa88d108d8104c760f00c10bad42c14f9","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/2809520fa88d108d8104c760f00c10bad42c14f9"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a29229fb8819cd93608512be5f8b2fb79618cee17f3239f5885489417114874 · sha256:627170cd809ad58e… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vg-rmq6-p62r","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vg-rmq6-p62r"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5a29229fb8819cd93608512be5f8b2fb79618cee17f3239f5885489417114874 · sha256:627170cd809ad58e… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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