# CVE-2025-50986: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Stored XSS in diskover-web admin settings allows attackers to execute scripts when administrators view configuration pages.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9697-ch68-p5qx

## What is CVE-2025-50986?

CVE-2025-50986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

diskover-web v2.3.0 Community Edition suffers from multiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in its administrative settings interface. Various configuration fields such as ES_HOST, ES_INDEXREFRESH, ES_PORT, ES_SCROLLSIZE, ES_TRANSLOGSIZE, ES_TRANSLOGSYNCINT, EXCLUDES_FILES, FILE_TYPES[], INCLUDES_DIRS, INCLUDES_FILES, and TIMEZONE do not properly sanitize user-supplied input. Malicious payloads submitted via these parameters are persisted in the application and executed whenever an administrator views or edits the settings page.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-50986?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Diskoverdata Diskover.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-50986?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-50986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-50986 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-50986 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-50985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50985/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.6)
- [CVE-2025-50984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50984/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-50986 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-50986 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-50986 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-50986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50986/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-50986
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50986
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-50986

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50986/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.