CVE-2025-53904
Published: 16 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-53904 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 1.3 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-21731
Vulnerability details
The Scratch Channel is a news website that is under development as of time of this writing. The file `/api/admin.js` contains code that could make the website vulnerable to cross-site scripting. No known patches exist as of time of publication.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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.