VulnerabilityPublished 17 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-48993: Intermesh groupoffice · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Intermesh groupofficeSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade to 25.0.27 or 6.8.123 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

5.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 17% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 25.0.27, 6.8.123

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: Low
Subsequent system integrity: Low
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the Subsequent System.
Subsequent system integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact to the Subsequent System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Jun 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.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade intermesh/groupoffice to 25.0.27 or 6.8.123.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
GitHubintermesh/groupoffice`pkg:github/intermesh/groupoffice`Other threats	Affected <6.8.123 <25.0.27	Fixed in 6.8.123 25.0.27

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AI-suggested

Immediate upgrade to Group-Office versions 6.8.123 or 25.0.27, where the vulnerability is patched, is the primary and most effective mitigation.
Implement strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers on the web application to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts and reduce the impact of potential XSS payloads.
Conduct a thorough review and hardening of all user input fields beyond the Look and Feel formatting fields to ensure comprehensive input validation and output encoding, following OWASP XSS prevention guidelines.
Monitor user activity logs for unusual changes to Look and Feel settings or other profile customizations that could indicate exploitation attempts.
Educate users about phishing and social engineering risks that could be used to trigger reflected XSS attacks.
Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with updated signatures to detect and block malicious payloads targeting this vulnerability.
For organizations unable to immediately upgrade, consider temporarily restricting access to the Look and Feel customization features or limiting them to trusted administrators only.
Regularly scan and test the Group-Office deployment with automated vulnerability scanners and penetration testing to detect any residual or related issues.

Description

Group-Office is an enterprise customer relationship management and groupware tool. Prior to versions 6.8.123 and 25.0.27, a malicious JavaScript payload can be executed via the Look and Feel formatting fields. Any user can update their Look and Feel Formatting input fields, but the web application does not sanitize their input. This could result in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue has been patched in versions 6.8.123 and 25.0.27.

Impact

For European organizations using Group-Office, this vulnerability poses a risk of client-side attacks that can compromise user sessions and data confidentiality. Since Group-Office is often deployed in enterprise environments for CRM and groupware functions, successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive customer data, internal communications, and scheduling information. Attackers could leverage the XSS flaw to perform actions on behalf of users, potentially escalating to privilege abuse or lateral movement within the organization’s network. The impact is particularly significant for organizations with high-value data or regulatory compliance requirements such as GDPR, as data leakage or unauthorized access could result in legal penalties and reputational damage. Additionally, since the vulnerability requires only authenticated user access, insider threats or compromised user accounts could be leveraged to exploit this issue. The reflected nature of the XSS means that phishing or social engineering could be used to trick users into triggering the malicious payload, increasing the attack surface. However, the lack of known exploits and the medium severity score indicate that while impactful, the threat is not currently critical but should be addressed promptly to prevent future exploitation.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 17 Jun 2025, 01:05 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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