Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GeSHi up to 1.0.9.1. Affected by this issue is the function get_var of the file /contrib/cssgen.php of the component CSS Handler. The manipulation of the argument default-styles/keywords-1/keywords-2/keywords-3/keywords-4/comments leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Eine problematische Schwachstelle wurde in GeSHi bis 1.0.9.1 entdeckt. Es geht hierbei um die Funktion get_var der Datei /contrib/cssgen.php der Komponente CSS Handler. Dank Manipulation des Arguments default-styles/keywords-1/keywords-2/keywords-3/keywords-4/comments mit unbekannten Daten kann eine cross site scripting-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff kann über das Netzwerk angegangen werden. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2123

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: GeSHi

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.82% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-07 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2123
https://vuldb.com/?id.299036
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299036
https://vuldb.com/?submit.507418
https://github.com/GeSHi/geshi-1.0/issues/159
https://github.com/GeSHi/geshi-1.0/issues/159#issue-2880408694

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