CVE-2025-9208 Stored-XSS vulnerability discovered in OpenText WSM Management Server.
Attackers can execute malicious scripts via stored XSS in OpenText Web Site Management Server, compromising user sessions and data.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9208?
CVE-2025-9208 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenText™ Web Site Management Server, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in OpenText™ Web Site Management Server allows Stored XSS. The vulnerability could execute malicious scripts on the client side when the download query parameter is removed from the file URL, allowing attackers to compromise user sessions and data.
This issue affects Web Site Management Server: 16.7.X, 16.8, 16.8.1.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9208?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opentext Web Site Management Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-9208?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9208 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-2025-9208 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9208 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in OpenText™ Web Site Management Server
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fg7c-375r-xggv.