How to fix CVE-2025-57425?

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-2025-57425?

CVE-2025-57425 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.1. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

CVE-2025-57425

MEDIUM

2025-08-26 [email protected]

PHP XSS Faq Management System

6.1

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:08 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Sep 04, 2025 - 18:34 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Aug 26, 2025 - 17:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.1

DescriptionNVD

AnalysisAI

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SourceCodester FAQ Management System 1.0 allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into the 'question' and 'answer' fields. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. 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. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SourceCodester FAQ Management System 1.0 allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into the 'question' and 'answer' fields via the update-faq.php endpoint. Affected products include: Remyandrade Faq Management System.

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-2025-57425 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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