CVE-2025-40978 Multiple vulnerabilities in WorkDo products
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the reply_description parameter in eCommerceGo SaaS, potentially compromising user sessions.
- 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-2025-40978?
CVE-2025-40978 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WorkDo eCommerceGo SaaS, published on 12 Jan 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
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WorkDo's eCommerceGo SaaS, consisting of a stored XSS due to a lack of proper validation of user input by sending a POST request to ‘/ticket/x/conversion’, using the ‘reply_description’ parameter.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40978?
How do I fix CVE-2025-40978?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40978 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-2025-40978 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40978 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gpr9-62pw-pr5w.