CVE-2025-30008 HestiaCP < 1.9.5 Stored XSS via DNS Record Management Interface

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Authenticated users can inject scripts via DNS records, leading to XSS execution in admin browsers, potentially enabling account takeover.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-30008?

CVE-2025-30008 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in hestiacp, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

HestiaCP before 1.9.5 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privilege users to inject arbitrary HTML by creating a DNS record with a double-quote followed by a script payload in the value field. The application fails to apply htmlspecialchars() encoding to the DNS record value field rendered into the data-sort-value HTML attribute in list_dns_rec.php, allowing the payload to execute in the browser of any user who views the DNS record list, including administrators.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30008?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hestiacp Control Panel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-30008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-30008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w2cw-hx5v-f37r.

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