CVE-2025-52842 Laundry 2.3.0 - Account Takeover via Reflected XSS
Reflected XSS in Laundry allows attackers to hijack user accounts via malicious web page generation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-52842?
CVE-2025-52842 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Laundry, published on 2 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Laundry on Linux, MacOS allows Account Takeover. This issue affects Laundry: 2.3.0.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-52842?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Laundry Project Laundry.
How do I fix CVE-2025-52842?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-52842 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-2025-52842 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-52842 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Laundry
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f85g-7486-87vh.