# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:H/U:Red`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fg7c-375r-xggv

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9208?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2025-13672](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13672/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting discovered in OpenText WSM Management Server. (high 7.0)
- [CVE-2025-13671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13671/): Cross Site request forgery vulnerability discovered in OpenText WSM Management Server. (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9208 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OpenText™ Web Site Management Server. 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-2025-9208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9208/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9208
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9208
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9208

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9208/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.