# CVE-2018-25086: sea75300 FanPress CM Template Preview templatepreview.php getArticlesPreview cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the template preview feature, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-chm4-pj7r-9wcq

## What is CVE-2018-25086?

CVE-2018-25086 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sea75300 FanPress CM, published on 1 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in sea75300 FanPress CM up to 3.6.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function getArticlesPreview of the file inc/controller/action/system/templatepreview.php of the component Template Preview. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 3.6.4 is able to address this issue. The patch is named c380d343c2107fcee55ab00eb8d189ce5e03369b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-230235.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-25086?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fanpress Cm Project Fanpress Cm.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-25086?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-25086 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-25086 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2018-25086 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-25086 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in sea75300 FanPress CM, published on 1 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-25086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sea75300 FanPress CM. 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-2018-25086/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25086/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25086
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25086
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-25086

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