# CVE-2025-9797: mrvautin expressCart Edit Product edit injection

> Remote attackers with admin privileges can inject code via the product edit page in expressCart, potentially leading to arbitrary 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:** 1 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 2 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6g3g-qm92-9fpx

## What is CVE-2025-9797?

CVE-2025-9797 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in mrvautin expressCart, published on 1 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in mrvautin expressCart up to b31302f4e99c3293bd742c6d076a721e168118b0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /admin/product/edit/ of the component Edit Product Page. This manipulation causes injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component), CWE-707 (Improper Neutralization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9797?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9797?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9797 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9797 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9797 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9797 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9797 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in mrvautin expressCart, published on 1 Sep 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-2025-9797 exists.

Affected product: mrvautin expressCart. 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-2025-9797/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9797/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9797
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9797
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9797

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9797/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.