Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-5796

LowPublic PoC

Published: 06 June 2025

Published
06 June 2025
Modified
29 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 2.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.3th percentile
Risk Priority 4 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-5796 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Code-Projects Simple Laundry System. Its CVSS base score is 2.0 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 36.3th 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

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Laundry System 1.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /data/edit_type.php. The manipulation of the argument Type leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely.…

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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CWE(s)
CWE-79CWE-94

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection
Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.
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T1491 Defacement Impact
Adversaries may modify visual content available internally or externally to an enterprise network, thus affecting the integrity of the original content.
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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?

Stored XSS allows injection of JavaScript executed in victims' browsers, enabling JS command execution (T1059.007), browser session hijacking (T1185), web session cookie theft for session hijacking (T1539), and website defacement (T1491) as described in impacts like cookie theft, session hijacking, data exfiltration, and defacement.

Affected Assets

code-projects
simple laundry system
1.0

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79 CWE-94

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SC-34 Non-modifiable Executable Programs
addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

SC-44 Detonation Chambers
addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

References