CVE-2025-60507
Published: 21 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-60507 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Moodle GeniAI (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.9 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 12.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-35200
Vulnerability details
Cross site scripting vulnerability in Moodle GeniAI plugin (local_geniai) 2.3.6. An authenticated user with Teacher role can upload a PDF containing embedded JavaScript. The assistant outputs a direct HTML link to the uploaded file without sanitization. When other users (including…
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Students or Administrators) click the link, the payload executes in their browser.
- 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.