CVE-2025-60298

Published Oct 8, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Novel-Plus up to 5.2.4 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /author/updateIndexName endpoint. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the indexName parameter, which gets stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected book chapter.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Xxyopen
Xxyopen novel-plus
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:xxyopen:novel-plus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Xxyopen
Xxyopen novel-plus
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Novel-plus
Novel-plus novel-plus
Vendors & Products Novel-plus
Novel-plus novel-plus
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Novel-Plus up to 5.2.4 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /author/updateIndexName endpoint. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the indexName parameter, which gets stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected book chapter.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Oct 8, 2025, 2:54 PM
Reserved
Sep 26, 2025, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 8, 2025, 1:15 PM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 10:10 PM