# CVE-2018-25051: JmPotato Pomash editor.html cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via article title or content fields in the Pomash editor, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 2.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r7m7-fjr4-wvx6

## What is CVE-2018-25051?

CVE-2018-25051 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JmPotato Pomash, published on 28 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in JmPotato Pomash. This affects an unknown part of the file Pomash/theme/clean/templates/editor.html. The manipulation of the argument article.title/content.title/article.tag leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The name of the patch is be1914ef0a6808e00f51618b2de92496a3604415. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216957 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25051?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pomash Project Pomash.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-25051?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-25051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25051 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-25051 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JmPotato Pomash, published on 28 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JmPotato Pomash. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25051/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25051/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25051
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25051
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-25051

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25051/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.