{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40642 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-40642 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WebWork PHP script, published on 8 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40642 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40642 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WebWork PHP script, published on 8 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40642 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: WebWork PHP script. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40642/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40642","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40642/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40642","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4jcr-hvqv-jqh7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WebWork PHP script","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via reflected XSS in WebWork's search parameters, requiring immediate attention from site administrators.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"INCIBE","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5.1,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WebWork","id":"CVE-2025-40642","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Energy CRM by Status Tracker","id":"CVE-2025-40643"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the Multi-purpose Inventory Management System","id":"CVE-2025-40641"},"products":["WebWork PHP script"],"published":"2025-09-08","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-09-08","vendors":["WebWork"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via reflected XSS in WebWork's search parameters, requiring immediate attention from site administrators.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40642/"}