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CVE-2025-53941 json

Hollo renders posts received with form elements and allows submission

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-21766

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software designed to be federated through ActivityPub. Versions prior to 0.6.5 allow HTML form elements to be submitted, making the software vulnerable to HTML injection. Version 0.6.5 fixes the issue.

Patch / fix

  • fedify hollo 0.6.5

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CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/fedify-dev/hollo/security/advisories/GHSA-w7gc-g3x7-hq8h referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • fedify-dev hollo

Classification

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

References

Sources

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.