# CVE-2025-65442: DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 201206030 novel V3.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code or


- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6c3p-2cc4-9r7p

## What is CVE-2025-65442?

CVE-2025-65442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2025. 

### Official description

DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 201206030 novel V3.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code or disclose sensitive information (e.g., user session cookies) via a crafted "wvstest" parameter in the URL or malicious script injection into window.localStorage. The vulnerability arises from insufficient validation and encoding of user-controllable data in the book comment module: unfiltered user input is stored in the backend database (book_comment table, commentContent field) and returned via API, then rendered directly into the page DOM via Vue 3's v-html directive without sanitization. Even if modern browsers' built-in XSS filters block pop-up alerts, attackers can use concealed payloads to bypass interception and achieve actual harm.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65442?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xxyopen Novel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-65442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-65442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-65442 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65442 exists.

Public exploit code:

- DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in novel V3.5.0 (CWE-79) (github_poc): https://github.com/zero-day348/CVE-2025-65442-DOM-based-Cross-Site-Scripting-XSS-Vulnerability-in-novel-V3.5.0-CWE-79-

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-4036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4036/): 201206030 Novel Chapter AuthorController.java updateBookChapter access control (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-65442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-65442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Dec 2025. 
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65442 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2025-65442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65442/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-65442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.