# CVE-2025-61597: Emlog Pro is vulnerable to stored XSS attack through HTML template injection

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts into mail templates, leading to admin session theft and account takeover upon visiting the settings page.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **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 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hj97-hp2c-6m4m

## What is CVE-2025-61597?

CVE-2025-61597 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Emlog Emlog, published on 3 Oct 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

Emlog is an open source website building system. In versions 2.5.21 and below, an HTML template injection allows stored cross‑site scripting (XSS) via the mail template settings. Once a malicious payload is saved, any subsequent visit to the settings page in an authenticated admin context will execute attacker‑controlled JavaScript, enabling session/token theft and full admin account takeover. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.22.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61597?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emlog Emlog.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-61597?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-61597 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-61597 exists.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-61597 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-61597 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Emlog Emlog, published on 3 Oct 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-2025-61597 exists.

Affected product: Emlog Emlog. 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-2025-61597/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61597/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61597
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61597
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-61597

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-61597/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.