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CVE-2025-40649

Medium 5.1

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Deferred

Description

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Negotiator v3.15.2 - European Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC), consisting of a stored XSS due to a lack of proper validation of user input by sending a POST request using parameter text in '/api/v3/negotiations/<postUID>/posts'. This vulnerability could allow a remote user to send a specially crafted query to an authenticated user and steal their cookie session details.

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Metrics

CVSS 4.0
5.1 MEDIUM Score source: CNA CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/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 — exploit probability
0% percentile: 31 · as of 9 November 2026
CWE
CWE-79

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