# CVE-2025-25203: Ctrlpanel has stored XSS vulnerability in TicketsController priority field

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the ticket priority field, potentially compromising user sessions in Ctrlpanel hosting billing software.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A: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:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2q43-grv2-jxwh

## What is CVE-2025-25203?

CVE-2025-25203 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ctrlpanel-gg panel, published on 11 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CtrlPanel is open-source billing software for hosting providers. Prior to version 1.0, a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the `TicketsController` and `Moderation/TicketsController` due to insufficient input validation on the `priority` field during ticket creation and unsafe rendering of this field in the moderator panel. Version 1.0 contains a patch for the issue.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25203?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-25203?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-25203 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-25203 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-25203 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-25203 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ctrlpanel-gg panel, published on 11 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-25203 exists.

Affected product: Ctrlpanel-gg panel. 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-2025-25203/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25203/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25203
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25203
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-25203

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-25203/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
