CVE-2025-5011
Published: 21 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-5011 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Moonlightl Hexo-Boot. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked in the top 36.0% 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-2025-15978
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in moonlightL hexo-boot 4.3.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/home/index.html of the component Dynamic List Page. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The…
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exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The XSS vulnerability in the admin panel (/admin/home/index.html) enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser context upon user interaction, directly facilitating T1059.007 (JavaScript) as stated in the advisory.
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.