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TI-2025-27112 Aliases CVE-2025-40642GHSA-4jcr-hvqv-jqh7

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WebWork

Priority LOW 24CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebWork, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through the 'q' and 'engine' request parameters in /search.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00515 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
WebWorkWebWork PHP scriptall versions—No fix listedCNA
  • WebWork PHP script VendorWebWork Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40642
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4jcr-hvqv-jqh7

References

Other 1

  • TI-2006-06373 lib/WeBWorK/PG/Translator.pm in WeBWorK Program Generation (PG) Language before 2.3.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-00432 Unspecified vulnerability in WeBWorK 2.1.3 and 2.2-pre1 allows remote privileged… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2006-02747 Directory traversal vulnerability in PG Problem Editor module (PGProblemEditor.pm) in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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