# CVE-2025-59117: Multiple Stored XSS in Windu CMS

> Privileged users can inject malicious scripts into Windu CMS pages, potentially compromising higher-privilege users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/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:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pqxp-5v83-vg92

## What is CVE-2025-59117?

CVE-2025-59117 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JCD Windu CMS, published on 18 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Windu CMS is vulnerable to multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the page editing endpoint windu/admin/content/pages/edit/. 
This vulnerability can be exploited by a privileged user and may target users with higher privileges.

Only version 4.1 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable.
This issue was fixed in version 4.1 build 2250.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59117?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Windu Windu Cms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in JCD Windu CMS

- [CVE-2013-7473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7473/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-59111](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59111/): Broken Access Control in Windu CMS (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-59113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59113/): Bruteforce Protection Bypass in Windu CMS (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-59116](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59116/): User enumeration in Windu CMS (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-59110](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59110/): Cross-Site Request Forgery in Windu CMS (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59117 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59117 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JCD Windu CMS, published on 18 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JCD Windu CMS. 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-2025-59117/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59117/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59117
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59117
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59117

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59117/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.