CVE-2025-40991 Stored XSS in Creativeitem Ekushey CRM

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

A stored XSS vulnerability in Ekushey CRM allows attackers to steal session cookies from authenticated users via the project file upload description field.

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-2025-40991?

CVE-2025-40991 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Creativeitem Ekushey CRM, published on 2 Oct 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

Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Ekushey CRM v5.0 by Creativeitem, due to lack of proper validation of user inputs via the "/ekushey/index.php/client/project_file/upload/xxxx", affecting to "description" parameter via POST. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted query to an authenticated user and steal his/her cookie session details.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40991?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Creativeitem Ekushey Project Manager Crm.

How do I fix CVE-2025-40991?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40991 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-2025-40991 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40991 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vcmf-x83r-j6x3.

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