CVE-2025-8116 Reflected XSS in PAD CMS

Medium 5.1 Published Updated

Reflected XSS in PAD CMS allows arbitrary JavaScript execution via crafted URLs, affecting all templates with no patches available due to end-of-life status.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2025-8116?

CVE-2025-8116 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Polska Akademia Dostępności PAD CMS, published on 30 Sep 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

PAD CMS is vulnerable to Reflected XSS in printing and save to PDF functionality. Malicious attacker can craft special URL, which will result in arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim's browser, when opened. This issue affects all 3 templates: www, bip and www+bip.

This product is End-Of-Life and producent will not publish patches for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8116?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Widzialni Pad Cms.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8116?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8116 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-8116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8f79-h8fw-j73f.

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