# CVE-2025-40733: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager

> Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript via the username parameter in the login form of Daily Expense Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`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`)
- **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:** 30 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9gqg-6r65-r4hg

## What is CVE-2025-40733?

CVE-2025-40733 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager, published on 30 Jun 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

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager v1.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute JavaScript code by sending a POST request through the username parameter in /login.php.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40733?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Projects Daily Expense Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-40733?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-40733 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40733 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Daily Expense Manager

- [CVE-2025-40731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40731/): SQL injection vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-40732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40732/): User enumeration vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-40734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40734/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40733 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40733 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager, published on 30 Jun 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-2025-40733 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Daily Expense Manager. 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-2025-40733/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40733/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40733
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40733
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40733

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40733/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.