What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-50986?

CVE-2025-50986 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.6 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Diskover are affected by CVE-2025-50986?

CVE-2025-50986 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.6. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2025-50986?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2025-50986. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.1%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-50986?

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

Diskover CVE-2025-50986

MEDIUM

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

2025-08-27 cve@mitre.org

XSS Diskover

5.6

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.6 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:09 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Sep 09, 2025 - 18:53 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Aug 27, 2025 - 15:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.6

DescriptionCVE.org

diskover-web v2.3.0 Community Edition suffers from multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in its administrative settings interface. Various configuration fields such as ES_HOST, ES_INDEXREFRESH, ES_PORT, ES_SCROLLSIZE, ES_TRANSLOGSIZE, ES_TRANSLOGSYNCINT, EXCLUDES_FILES, FILE_TYPES[], INCLUDES_DIRS, INCLUDES_FILES, and TIMEZONE do not properly sanitize user-supplied input. Malicious payloads submitted via these parameters are persisted in the application and executed whenever an administrator views or edits the settings page.

AnalysisAI

diskover-web v2.3.0 Community Edition suffers from multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in its administrative settings interface. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and 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. diskover-web v2.3.0 Community Edition suffers from multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in its administrative settings interface. Various configuration fields such as ES_HOST, ES_INDEXREFRESH, ES_PORT, ES_SCROLLSIZE, ES_TRANSLOGSIZE, ES_TRANSLOGSYNCINT, EXCLUDES_FILES, FILE_TYPES[], INCLUDES_DIRS, INCLUDES_FILES, and TIMEZONE do not properly sanitize user-supplied input. Malicious payloads submitted via these parameters are persisted in the application and executed whenever an administrator views or edits the settings page. Affected products include: Diskoverdata Diskover.

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.

CVE-2025-50986 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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