Which versions of Openatlas are affected by CVE-2025-40709?

Organizations using OpenAtlas should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-40709, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.1.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-40709?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running OpenAtlas and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Openatlas CVE-2025-40709

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-40709?

CVE-2025-40709 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: 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 exploitation probability: 0.0%.

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2025-08-29 cve-coordination@incibe.es

XSS Openatlas Craws

5.1

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.1 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:09 vuln.today

CVE Published

Aug 29, 2025 - 12:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST request is sent. The vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie details, via the "/insert/person/<ID>” petition, "name" and "alias-0” parameters.

AnalysisAI

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenAtlas v8.9.0 from the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH), due to inadequate validation of user input when a POST request is sent. The vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to send specially crafted queries to an authenticated user and steal their session cookie details, via the "/insert/person/<ID>” petition, "name" and "alias-0” parameters. Affected products include: Craws Openatlas.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.