CVE-2025-3958
Published: 27 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-3958 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Withstars Books-Management-System. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 40.3th 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-2025-12461
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in withstars Books-Management-System 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /book_edit_do.html of the component Book Edit Page. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to cross site scripting.…
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It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The stored XSS vulnerability (CWE-79) in /book_edit_do.html allows injection of malicious JavaScript via the Name parameter, which executes in the browser context of users viewing the page, directly facilitating T1059.007 (JavaScript for command and scripting interpreter execution).
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.