# CVE-2025-5153: CMS Made Simple Design Manager Module cross site scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Design Manager Module description field, potentially compromising user sessions or executing code.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/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:** 25 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j98j-2j8v-qp3m

## What is CVE-2025-5153?

CVE-2025-5153 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published on 25 May 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

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in CMS Made Simple 2.2.21. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Design Manager Module. The manipulation of the argument Description leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5153?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5153?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5153 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5153 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5153 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

- [CVE-2010-4663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4663/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-1527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1527/): Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in CMS Made Simple (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10081/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-10085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10085/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000453/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5153 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5153 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published on 25 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5153 exists.

Affected product: Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple. 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-2025-5153/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5153/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5153
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5153
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5153

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5153/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.