CVE-2025-55420: FoxCMS · Cross-site Scripting
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 42% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Aug 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
AI-suggested
- Immediate mitigation should include implementing input validation and output encoding on the /index.php endpoint to sanitize all user-supplied data, especially GET parameters, to prevent script injection.
- If a patch is not yet available from FoxCMS, organizations should consider deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block reflected XSS attack patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint.
- Educate users about the risks of clicking on suspicious links, especially those received via email or untrusted sources, to reduce the likelihood of successful social engineering.
- Review and restrict user privileges within FoxCMS to limit the impact of compromised accounts.
- Monitor web server logs and application logs for unusual requests or error patterns that may indicate attempted exploitation.
- Plan and test an upgrade path to a patched version of FoxCMS once available, or consider migrating to alternative CMS platforms with active security support.
- Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in browsers accessing the CMS.
Description
A Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in /index.php in FoxCMS v1.2.6. When a crafted script is sent via a GET request, it is reflected unsanitized into the HTML response. This permits execution of arbitrary JavaScript code when a logged-in user submits the malicious input.