# CVE-2025-5661: code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System Setting save-settings.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the site_name parameter in the settings handler, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **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-gcgr-4v7p-g97q

## What is CVE-2025-5661?

CVE-2025-5661 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System, published on 5 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /save-settings.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument site_name 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-2025-5661?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Carmelo Traffic Offense Reporting System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5661?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5661 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5661 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System

- [CVE-2025-5732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5732/): code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-5757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5757/): code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System save-reported.php cross site scripting (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-5651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5651/): code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System saveuser.php cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5661 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5661 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System, published on 5 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2025-5661 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Traffic Offense Reporting System. 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-2025-5661/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5661/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5661
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5661
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5661

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5661/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.