# CVE-2025-23112: Cross-site scripting in REDCap

> Authenticated users can inject malicious scripts into REDCap survey field names, leading to XSS execution when other users interact with the survey.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mx65-j657-43p3

## What is CVE-2025-23112?

CVE-2025-23112 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vanderbilt REDCap, published on 10 Jan 2025. 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

An issue was discovered in REDCap 14.9.6. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts into the Survey field name of Survey. When a user receive the survey, if he clicks on the field name, it triggers the XSS payload.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23112?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vanderbilt Redcap.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vanderbilt REDCap

- [CVE-2023-38825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38825/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26712/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42136/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-56310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56310/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-56311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56311/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23112 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23112 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vanderbilt REDCap, published on 10 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vanderbilt REDCap. 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-2025-23112/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23112/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23112
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23112
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23112

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23112/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.