# CVE-2025-0301: code-projects Online Book Shop subcat.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the catnm parameter in subcat.php, potentially compromising user sessions or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2g9m-9qhc-m426

## What is CVE-2025-0301?

CVE-2025-0301 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Online Book Shop, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in code-projects Online Book Shop 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /subcat.php. The manipulation of the argument catnm leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0301?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Online Book Shop.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Online Book Shop

- [CVE-2025-0300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0300/): code-projects Online Book Shop subcat.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0301 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Online Book Shop, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: code-projects Online Book Shop. 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-2025-0301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0301

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0301/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.