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CVE-2025-50481 json

Mezzanine CMS vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also GHSA-269j-37ww-cmh3 , PYSEC-2025-137 , EUVD-2025-22459

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /blog/blogpost/add of Mezzanine CMS v6.1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into a blog post.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-52385)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-52385 Mezzanine CMS 6.1.0 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) webapps, 2025-07-28
  • github.com https://github.com/kevinpdicks/Mezzanine-CMS-6.1.0-XSS referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi mezzanine
<=6.1.0
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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