# CVE-2025-5628: SourceCodester Food Menu Manager Add Menu index.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Add Menu handler in SourceCodester Food Menu Manager, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **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:** 5 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g433-v23v-rq82

## What is CVE-2025-5628?

CVE-2025-5628 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Food Menu Manager, published on 5 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, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SourceCodester Food Menu Manager 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /index.php of the component Add Menu Handler. The manipulation of the argument name/description leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched 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-2025-5628?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Remyandrade Food Menu Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5628?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5628 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5628 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5628 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Food Menu Manager

- [CVE-2025-1166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1166/): SourceCodester Food Menu Manager update.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5628 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5628 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Food Menu Manager, published on 5 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-2025-5628 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Food Menu Manager. 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-2025-5628/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5628/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5628
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5628
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5628

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5628/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.