CVE-2025-56276: code-projects Food Ordering Review System · Cross-site Scripting
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Sep 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
Organizations should immediately audit their Food Ordering Review System installations for the presence of this vulnerability. Specific mitigations include: 1) Implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data, especially usernames in the registration function, to neutralize malicious scripts. 2) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the admin interface. 3) Restrict administrative access to trusted networks and use multi-factor authentication to reduce the risk of session hijacking. 4) Monitor administrative logs for unusual activity that may indicate exploitation attempts. 5) If possible, isolate the admin interface from direct internet exposure using VPNs or internal networks. 6) Engage with the vendor or development community to obtain or develop patches addressing the vulnerability. 7) Educate administrators about the risks of clicking on suspicious user entries and encourage regular session invalidation and logout practices.
Description
code-projects Food Ordering Review System 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the registration function. An attacker enters malicious JavaScript code as a username, which triggers the XSS vulnerability when the admin views user information, resulting in the disclosure of the admin's cookie information.