Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-46041

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 09 June 2025

Published
09 June 2025
Modified
25 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0063 70.7th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-46041 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Anchorcms Anchor Cms. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 29.3% 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

Vulnerability details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Anchor CMS v0.12.7 allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript via the page description field in the page creation interface (/admin/pages/add).

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
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Why these techniques?

The stored XSS vulnerability (CVE-2025-46041) in Anchor CMS enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) requiring authenticated access to inject payloads. It facilitates arbitrary JavaScript execution in victims' browsers (e.g., admins viewing affected pages), enabling theft of web session cookies (T1539).

Affected Assets

anchorcms
anchor cms
0.12.7

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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