How to fix CVE-2025-55288?

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

Is PHP affected by CVE-2025-55288?

Organizations using Genealogy should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-55288, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.5. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users.

CVE-2025-55288

MEDIUM

2025-08-18 [email protected]

PHP XSS Genealogy

5.5

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:07 vuln.today

Patch Released

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:07 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Aug 18, 2025 - 17:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 4.4.0, Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the Genealogy application. Authenticated attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript in another user’s session, leading to session hijacking, data theft, and UI manipulation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.0.

AnalysisAI

Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

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. Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 4.4.0, Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the Genealogy application. Authenticated attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript in another user’s session, leading to session hijacking, data theft, and UI manipulation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.0. Affected products include: Kreaweb Genealogy. Version information: Prior to 4.4.0.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

CVE-2025-55288 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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