CVE-2025-0301
Published: 07 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0301 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Fabian Online Book Shop. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 39.4th 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-1591
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in code-projects Online Book Shop 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /subcat.php. The manipulation of the argument catnm leads to cross site scripting. The…
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attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The reflected XSS vulnerability in /subcat.php allows arbitrary JavaScript execution via the catnm parameter when echoed without sanitization, directly enabling T1059.007 (JavaScript) as assigned by VulDB and MITRE ATT&CK.
Affected Assets
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.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.