# CVE-2025-8539: Portabilis i-Educar public_distrito_cad.php cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via the 'nome' parameter in i-Educar, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** 5 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fwqq-9r6j-8fc8

## What is CVE-2025-8539?

CVE-2025-8539 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Portabilis I-Educar, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in Portabilis i-Educar 2.10. This affects an unknown function of the file /intranet/public_distrito_cad.php. This manipulation of the argument nome causes cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 2.12 mitigates this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains, that "[t]he reported attack vector was tested against the corrected version, and the previously described XSS behavior could no longer be reproduced".

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8539?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Portabilis I-Educar.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8539?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8539 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8539 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Portabilis I-Educar

- [CVE-2024-45059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45059/): Authenticated SQL Injection in i-Educar (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-48325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48325/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-45058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45058/): Privilege escalation in i-Educar (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-65022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65022/): i-Educar Authenticated Time-based SQL Injection in `agenda.php` (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2025-65023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65023/): i-Educar Authenticated Time-based SQL Injection in `funcionario_vinculo_cad.php` (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8539 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8539 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Portabilis I-Educar, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2025-8539 exists.

Affected product: Portabilis I-Educar. 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-2025-8539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8539/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8539
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8539
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8539

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8539/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.