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TrueConf Server CVE-2025-66823

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-12-30 cve@mitre.org
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with low-privilege TrueConf account
  2. Delivery
    Inject HTML/JS payload in conference description
  3. Exploit
    Save malicious conference server-side
  4. Execution
    Lure victim to /info page URL
  5. Persist
    Payload executes in victim browser context
  6. Impact
    Exfiltrate session tokens or redirect victim

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an account with conference creation or editing privileges on the targeted TrueConf Server 5.5.2.10813 instance (CVSS PR:L confirms authentication is mandatory). The attacker must insert the malicious payload into the conference description field via the Create or Edit conference interface. Victim interaction is required: the payload only executes when a target user navigates to the specific conference's Info page at [conference_url]/info, so the attacker must direct or socially engineer the victim to visit that URL. Exploitation is constrained to TrueConf Server 5.5.2.10813 on Windows; no other platforms or versions are confirmed vulnerable. Limiting factors include: the requirement for a valid authenticated account (eliminating unauthenticated attackers), the necessity of victim-initiated navigation to the info URL, and the Windows-only platform scope per CPE data.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N yields a medium score of 5.4, accurately capturing the key constraints: an authenticated low-privilege account is required (PR:L), and a victim must open the Conference Info page (UI:R). The Scope Change (S:C) elevates real-world impact by allowing the attacker to operate in the victim's browser context, enabling session token theft or content manipulation beyond what C:L/I:L alone suggest. EPSS at 0.17% (7th percentile) signals low automated or mass exploitation activity, consistent with the authentication prerequisite limiting opportunistic scanning. The public PoC lowers technical barriers for targeted abuse. No KEV listing means active exploitation is not confirmed by CISA. Overall, this is a genuine but constrained risk: prioritize remediation for internet-facing TrueConf deployments or environments where conference creation is open to untrusted authenticated users; internal deployments with tightly controlled conference creation permissions face lower realistic risk.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker holding any low-privilege TrueConf account with conference creation rights crafts a conference whose description contains a malicious HTML payload - for example, a script tag that exfiltrates document.cookie to an attacker-controlled endpoint. The attacker then shares or promotes the conference URL, causing an administrator or participant to open the /info page, at which point the stored payload fires silently in the victim's browser. With a public PoC available, this attack requires no specialized skill beyond a valid TrueConf account.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026

Stored HTML injection (CWE-79) in TrueConf Server 5.5.2.10813 on Windows enables an authenticated attacker to embed arbitrary HTML into a conference's description field, which executes in the browser of any user who visits the Conference Info page at [conference_url]/info. The CVSS Scope Change (S:C) reflects cross-context impact - payloads escape the originating session and execute within victims' browser contexts, enabling session hijacking or phishing. A public proof-of-concept is confirmed on GitHub; however, EPSS at 0.17% (7th percentile) and absence from CISA KEV indicate no known widespread exploitation at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch or specific fixed version has been identified in the available data - patch status is unconfirmed as of this analysis. Organizations should monitor trueconf.com for an official security advisory and apply any released update promptly. As a compensating control, restrict conference creation and editing privileges to a minimal set of trusted, identifiable accounts, which shrinks the attacker pool significantly - though this does not eliminate risk from compromised or malicious authenticated users. Deploying a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) header that disallows inline script execution ('script-src self') will reduce the practical exploitability of injected payloads at the browser layer, though it does not fix the underlying input sanitization defect and CSP bypass techniques exist. Web Application Firewall rules blocking common HTML tag patterns in conference description fields can provide additional detection and partial mitigation. The public PoC is documented at https://github.com/x00nullbit/CVE-References/blob/main/CVE-2025-66823/README.md and should be reviewed to assess specific payload patterns for WAF rule tuning.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

TrueConf Server is an enterprise video conferencing platform deployed exclusively on Windows per CPE cpe:2.3:a:trueconf:trueconf_server:5.5.2.10813:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Cross-site Scripting), specifically in the stored variant: user-supplied input in the conference description field is persisted server-side without adequate HTML encoding or sanitization, then rendered verbatim in the Conference Info page. Because the payload is stored rather than reflected, it executes for every user who opens the target URL without any per-victim delivery step beyond access to the URL. The CVSS Scope Change metric (S:C) confirms that the injected payload operates in the victim's browser security context rather than the attacker's.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

PR:L reflects mandatory authenticated conference-creator account; UI:R and S:C capture victim-triggered browser-context execution; no availability impact applies.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

An HTML Injection vulnerability in TrueConf server 5.5.2.10813 in the conference description field allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML in the Create/Edit conference functionality. The payload will be triggered when the victim opens the Conference Info page ([conference url]/info).

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche enterprise video conferencing platform, limited global footprint
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

47
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:trueconf:trueconf_server:5.5.2.10813:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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