CVE-2025-63589
CVSS 7.1 High
- CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Published: 2025-11-06T17:15:46.343
A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in CMSimple_XH 1.8’s index.php router when attacker-controlled path segments are not sanitized or encoded before being inserted into the generated HTML (navigation links, breadcrumbs, search form action, footer links). An attacker-controlled string placed in the URL path is reflected into multiple HTML elements, allowing execution of arbitrary JavaScript in victims’ browsers visiting a crafted URL.
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How to fix CVE-2025-63589
CVE-2025-63589 is a high severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.
Description: A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in CMSimple_XH 1.8’s index.php router when attacker-controlled path segments are not sanitized or encoded before being inserted into the generated HTML (navigation links, breadcrumbs, search form action, footer links). An attacker-controlled string placed in the URL path is reflected into multiple HTML elements, allowing execution of arbitrary JavaScript in victims’ […]
Exploit Difficulty: MEDIUM
⏱️ Time to exploit: 1-4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Intermediate security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: May be available
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Description: A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in CMSimple_XH 1.8’s index.php router when attacker-controlled path segments are not sanitized or encoded before being inserted into the generated HTML (navigation links, breadcrumbs, search form action, footer links). An attacker-controlled string placed in the URL path is reflected into multiple HTML elements, allowing execution of arbitrary JavaScript in victims’ […]
Exploit Difficulty: MEDIUM
⏱️ Time to exploit: 1-4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Intermediate security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: May be available
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running the affected product
2 Immediate actions
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
MEDIUM
Time to Exploit: 1-4 hours
Skills Required: Intermediate security knowledge
Public Exploits: May be available
Vulnerability Timeline
Nov 06, 2025
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Nov 12, 2025
Imported to Database
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