# CVE-2025-5523: enilu web-flash File Upload upload fileService.upload cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via file upload in enilu web-flash, potentially executing code or bypassing security controls.

- **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:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-36xg-7wfq-m2jj

## What is CVE-2025-5523?

CVE-2025-5523 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in enilu web-flash, published on 3 Jun 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 classified as problematic has been found in enilu web-flash 1.0. This affects the function fileService.upload of the file src/main/java/cn/enilu/flash/api/controller/FileController/upload of the component File Upload. The manipulation of the argument File leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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-2025-5523?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Enilu Web-Flash.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5523?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5523 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5523 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5523 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5523 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5523 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in enilu web-flash, published on 3 Jun 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-2025-5523 exists.

Affected product: enilu web-flash. 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-2025-5523/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5523/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5523
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5523
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5523

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5523/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.