Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-0183

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 March 2025

Published
20 March 2025
Modified
01 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0013 31.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-0183 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Binary-Husky Gpt Academic. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique HTML Smuggling (T1027.006); ranked at the 31.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Latex Proof-Reading Module of binary-husky/gpt_academic version 3.9.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the `debug_log.html` file generated by the module. When an admin visits this debug report,…

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the injected scripts can execute, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data access.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1027.006 HTML Smuggling Stealth
Adversaries may smuggle data and files past content filters by hiding malicious payloads inside of seemingly benign HTML files.
T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
Why these techniques?

Stored XSS allows injection of malicious JavaScript into debug_log.html, enabling HTML smuggling for obfuscation (T1027.006), JavaScript execution (T1059.007), and exploitation for client-side code execution leading to unauthorized actions (T1203).

Affected Assets

binary-husky
gpt academic
3.90

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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