CVE-2025-3900 Colorbox - Moderately critical - Cross Site Scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2025-041

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

An attacker can inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users via the Colorbox module in Drupal.

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

What is CVE-2025-3900?

CVE-2025-3900 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Drupal Colorbox, published on 23 Apr 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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Drupal Colorbox allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Colorbox: from 0.0.0 before 2.1.3.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3900?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (1)
drupal/colorbox Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8All versions2.1.3

Products include Colorbox Project Colorbox.

How do I fix CVE-2025-3900?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2025-3900 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3900 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as CLSA-2026-1788969384, CLSA-2026-1788970571, DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2025-041, GHSA-fvp7-w3vq-22p7.

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