CVE-2025-52277
Published: 09 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-52277 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Yeswiki Yeswiki. 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 36.2th 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-2025-27279
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in YesWiki v.4.54 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the meta configuration robots field
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
XSS vulnerability in YesWiki allows remote exploitation of a public-facing web application to execute arbitrary JavaScript code via crafted payload in meta configuration robots field.
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.