CVE-2025-45316

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 13 August 2025

Published

13 August 2025

Modified

18 August 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 0.0034 57.0th percentile

Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-45316 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Hortusfox Hortusfox. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked in the top 43.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24625

Vulnerability details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the TextBlockModule.php component of hortusfox-web v4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the name parameter.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1189 Drive-by Compromise Initial Access

Adversaries may gain access to a system through a user visiting a website over the normal course of browsing.

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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

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Why these techniques?

XSS vulnerability enables exploitation of public-facing web applications (T1190), drive-by compromises via injected scripts viewed by users (T1189), and execution of arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers (T1059.007).