# CVE-2025-3961: withstars Books-Management-System do cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Title parameter in the admin article addition feature of the unsupported Books-Management-System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w6pr-9q7f-5phx

## What is CVE-2025-3961?

CVE-2025-3961 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in withstars Books-Management-System, published on 27 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in withstars Books-Management-System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/article/add/do. The manipulation of the argument Title leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3961?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Withstars Books-Management-System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3961?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3961 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3961 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3961 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in withstars Books-Management-System

- [CVE-2025-3960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3960/): withstars Books-Management-System Background Interface allreaders.html authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3963/): withstars Books-Management-System Background Interface list authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3959/): withstars Books-Management-System reader_delete.html cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-3964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3964/): withstars Books-Management-System Article del cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-3958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3958/): withstars Books-Management-System Book Edit Page book_edit_do.html cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3961 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3961 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in withstars Books-Management-System, published on 27 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3961 exists.

Affected product: withstars Books-Management-System. 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-2025-3961/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3961/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3961
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3961
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3961

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3961/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.