CVE-2025-40992: Creativeitem Sociopro · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'
Affects Creativeitem SocioproSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% 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 2 Oct 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 2026-10-26.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Creativeitem Sociopro | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should implement strict input validation and output encoding on the 'name' parameter at the '/sociopro/profile/update_profile' endpoint. Specifically, all user-supplied input should be sanitized to remove or encode HTML special characters before storage and display. Employing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can help reduce the impact of XSS by restricting the execution of unauthorized scripts. Organizations should monitor and restrict user privileges to minimize the ability of low-privilege users to inject malicious content. Until an official patch is released, consider implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block suspicious payloads targeting this endpoint. Regular security audits and penetration testing focused on input validation can help identify similar vulnerabilities. Additionally, educating users about the risks of clicking on suspicious links and monitoring for unusual session activity can help detect exploitation attempts early.
Description
Stored XSS vulnerability in Creativeitem Sociopro due to lack of proper validation of user inputs via the endpoint '/sociopro/profile/update_profile', affecting to 'name' parameter via POST. This vulnerability could allow a remote user to send a specially crafted query to an authenticated user and steal his/her cookie session details.