CVE-2025-49443: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum bacon-ipsum allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bacon Ipsum: from n/a through <= 2.4.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-49443 describes a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Bacon Ipsum project (versions up to 2.4). The issue is caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation, which can lead to malicious script injection that persists and executes in users' browsers. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5, reflecting medium severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available, and no known exploitation in the wild. The product is not cloud-hosted, so remediation depends on vendor or user patching.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected web application, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application and its users' data. The medium CVSS score reflects that exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction but can have a significant impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor for vendor updates and consider applying input validation or output encoding workarounds to mitigate stored XSS risks in the meantime.
CVE-2025-49443: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Chris McCoy Bacon Ipsum bacon-ipsum allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Bacon Ipsum: from n/a through <= 2.4.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-49443 describes a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Bacon Ipsum project (versions up to 2.4). The issue is caused by improper neutralization of input during web page generation, which can lead to malicious script injection that persists and executes in users' browsers. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.5, reflecting medium severity with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no vendor advisory or patch information available, and no known exploitation in the wild. The product is not cloud-hosted, so remediation depends on vendor or user patching.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the affected web application, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the application and its users' data. The medium CVSS score reflects that exploitation requires low privileges and user interaction but can have a significant impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor for vendor updates and consider applying input validation or output encoding workarounds to mitigate stored XSS risks in the meantime.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Patchstack
- Date Reserved
- 2025-06-04T15:44:46.229Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6842edde71f4d251b5c88081
Added to database: 6/6/2025, 1:32:14 PM
Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 3:38:11 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 12:37:10 AM
Views: 66
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