CVE-2022-25978 Cross Site Scripting in usememos/memos

What is CVE-2022-25978?

CVE-2022-25978 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Usememos Memos, published on 15 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

All versions of the package github.com/usememos/memos/server are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to insufficient checks on external resources, which allows malicious actors to introduce links starting with a javascript: scheme.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25978?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/usememos/memos. It affects 1 product.

Products include Usememos Memos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25978?

Upgrade github.com/usememos/memos to 0.10.4-0.20230211093429-b11d2130a084 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-25978 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-25978 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Usememos Memos

• CVE-2025-50738 Memos has Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Image URLs Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-22952 Memos Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-0109 Stored XSS in usememos/memos Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-4696 Improper Access Control in usememos/memos Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-4866 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in usememos/memos Critical 9.8

All Usememos Memos vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9w8x-5hv5-r6gw, GO-2023-1566.