CVE-2025-40980: UltimateFosters UltimatePOS · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects UltimateFosters UltimatePOSSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 31 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| UltimateFosters UltimatePOS | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply input validation and output encoding on the 'name' parameter in the product editing interface to ensure that any user-supplied data is properly sanitized before rendering in the browser. This includes using context-appropriate encoding (e.g., HTML entity encoding) to neutralize scripts. 2) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the browser, reducing the impact of potential XSS payloads. 3) Enforce secure session management practices such as HttpOnly and Secure flags on cookies to limit exposure to theft via client-side scripts. 4) Conduct user training to raise awareness about phishing and social engineering attacks that could be used to exploit this vulnerability. 5) Monitor web application logs for unusual POST requests to the product editing endpoint and anomalous user behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. 6) Coordinate with UltimateFosters for timely patch deployment once available, and consider temporary compensating controls such as restricting access to the product editing functionality to trusted users only. 7) Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce the risk of session hijacking leading to unauthorized access.
Description
A Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability has been found in UltimatePOS by UltimateFosters. This vulnerability is due to the lack of proper validation of user inputs via ‘/products/<PRODUCT_ID>/edit’, affecting to ‘name’ parameter via POST. The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted query to an authenticated user and steal his/her session cookies details.