CVE-2025-1169
Published: 11 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1169 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Rems Image Compressor Tool. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 49.4th 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-2025-2043
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Image Compressor Tool 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /image-compressor/compressor.php. The manipulation of the argument image leads to cross site scripting. The attack may…
more
be initiated 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/stored XSS vulnerability (CWE-79) in the public-facing /image-compressor/compressor.php endpoint enables JavaScript execution (T1059.007) via malicious SVG uploads and exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190). VulDB explicitly maps to T1059.007.
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.