# CVE-2025-41391: Cross-site scripting in PowerCMS

> Stored cross-site scripting in PowerCMS allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers via malicious pages.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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:** 31 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 31 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-273r-f986-fq9q

## What is CVE-2025-41391?

CVE-2025-41391 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS, published on 31 Jul 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 exists in multiple versions of PowerCMS. If a product user accesses a malicious page, an arbitrary script may be executed on the browser.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41391?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Alfasado Powercms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-41391?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-41391 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS

- [CVE-2022-33941](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33941/): Command injection in PowerCMS XMLRPC API (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-20850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20850/): Command injection in PowerCMS XMLRPC API (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-46359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46359/): Path traversal in PowerCMS (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2023-50297](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50297/): Open redirect in PowerCMS (PowerCMS 4 Series) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2019-6020](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6020/): Open redirect in PowerCMS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-41391 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-41391 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS, published on 31 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41391 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Alfasado Inc. PowerCMS. 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-2025-41391/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41391/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41391
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41391
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41391

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41391/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.