# CVE-2025-28074: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via improper input sanitization in phpList, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **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:** 8 May 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9vv2-f3c8-m9x6

## What is CVE-2025-28074?

CVE-2025-28074 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 May 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

phpList before 3.6.15 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to improper input sanitization in lt.php. The vulnerability is exploitable when the application dynamically references internal paths and processes untrusted input without escaping, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-28074?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phplist Phplist.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-28074?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-28074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-28074 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-28074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/mLniumm/CVE-2025-28074 (github_poc): https://github.com/mLniumm/CVE-2025-28074

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-22249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22249/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-23361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23361/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-3188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3188/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-8547](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-8547/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-15072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15072/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-28074 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-28074 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 May 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-2025-28074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-28074/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28074/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-28074
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28074
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-28074

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28074/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.