CVE-2025-51502
Published: 01 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-51502 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Microweber Microweber. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 44.4th 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-2025-23376
Vulnerability details
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Microweber CMS 2.0 via the layout parameter on the /admin/page/create page allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of authenticated admin users.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables exploitation of a public-facing CMS application (T1190), arbitrary JavaScript execution (T1059.007), and credential theft from web browsers including session cookies (T1503, T1539) in an authenticated admin context.
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.