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TI-2025-06416 Aliases CVE-2025-7053GHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp

Cockpit save cross site scripting

Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Cross-site scripting, Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79 and CWE-94.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Cockpit up to 2.11.3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /system/users/save. The manipulation of the argument name/email leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.11.4 is able to address this issue. The patch is named bdcd5e3bc651c0839c7eea807f3eb6af856dbc76. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and acted very professional. A patch and new release was made available very quickly.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00363 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Cockpit: 2.11.4cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist): 2.11.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Cockpit2.11.0; 2.11.1; 2.11.2; 2.11.32.11.4Patch availableCNA
—cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist)before 2.11.42.11.4Patch availableGHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp
  • Cockpit Vendor— Affected 2.11.0; 2.11.1; 2.11.2; 2.11.3 Fixed in 2.11.4 Patch available CNA
  • cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 2.11.4 Fixed in 2.11.4 Patch available GHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.11.3Vulnerablecockpit-hq
  • cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.11.3 Vulnerable ·cockpit-hq

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Cockpit Fixed in 2.11.4
  • Fix · GHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp cockpit-hq/cockpit (Packagist) Fixed in 2.11.4 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-7053
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp

References

  • TI-2020-18291 Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php resetpassword function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18290 Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php check function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-02511 Insufficient Session Expiration in cockpit-hq/cockpit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18292 Agentejo Cockpit before 0.11.2 allows NoSQL injection via the Controller/Auth.php newpassword function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-19207 A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the Admin portal of Cockpit CMS v2.5.2 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-01240 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in cockpit-hq/cockpit CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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