Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-29512

Medium

Published: 18 April 2025

Published
18 April 2025
Modified
23 April 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0027 51.1th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-29512 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Nodebb Nodebb. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NodeBB v4.0.4 and before allows remote attackers to store arbitrary code and potentially render the blacklist IP functionality unusable until content is removed via the database.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

nodebb
nodebb
≤ 4.0.4

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
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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