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CVE-2025-48051: powertip.ts in Lila (for Lichess) before ab0beaf allows XSS in some applications because of an innerHTML usage pattern in which text is extracted...

4.7 CVSS

Description

powertip.ts in Lila (for Lichess) before ab0beaf allows XSS in some applications because of an innerHTML usage pattern in which text is extracted from a DOM node and interpreted as HTML.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48051

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Vendor: Lichess

Product: Lila

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 7.19% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-13 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48051
https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/security/advisories/GHSA-9xhx-p3c5-p4v6
https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/commit/ab0beaf0ad671761705d9274663c5dc450608527
https://github.com/lichess-org/lila/blob/7b82f35d15f9113ac8a0a9271d34bef4f6119e9f/ui/site/src/powertip.ts#L60

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