# CVE-2025-64442: HumHub is vulnerable to XSS through its Meta Search component

> Attackers can execute malicious scripts via the Meta Search feature in HumHub, potentially compromising user accounts.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2hgp-33j2-93cc

## What is CVE-2025-64442?

CVE-2025-64442 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in humhub, published on 7 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HumHub is an Open Source Enterprise Social Network. Versions below 1.17.4 have a XSS vulnerability in the Meta-Search feature which allows malicious input to be executed in search previews. This issue is fixed in version 1.17.4.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64442?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Humhub Humhub.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-64442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-64442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in humhub

- [CVE-2014-9528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9528/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-29048](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-29048/): HumHub: XSS in Button component (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-52043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52043/): User enumeration in HubHub (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2022-24865](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24865/): Improper access control in humhub (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-43847](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43847/): Authorization Bypass in Space Invite in HumHub (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-64442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-64442 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in humhub, published on 7 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: humhub. 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-2025-64442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64442/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-64442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.