# CVE-2025-0709: Dcat-Admin Roles Page roles cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts into the Dcat-Admin roles page, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q8mh-7468-wg32

## What is CVE-2025-0709?

CVE-2025-0709 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dcat-Admin, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Dcat-Admin 2.2.1-beta. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/auth/roles of the component Roles Page. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated 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-2025-0709?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dcatadmin Dcat Admin.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0709?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0709 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0709 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dcat-Admin

- [CVE-2025-65656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65656/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-29644](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29644/): dcat-admin Cross Site Scripting vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-33736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33736/): Dcat-Admin vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-54774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54774/): Dcat Admin Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2024-54775](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54775/): Dcat-Admin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0709 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0709 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dcat-Admin, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0709 exists.

Affected product: Dcat-Admin. 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-2025-0709/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0709/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0709
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0709
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0709

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0709/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.