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CVE-2025-57292: XSS

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 15% 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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 26 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

To mitigate this vulnerability, organizations should implement strict validation of uploaded files, including verifying MIME types against a whitelist of allowed image formats and rejecting any files that do not conform. Image metadata should be thoroughly sanitized or stripped entirely before storage or rendering to remove any embedded scripts or malicious content. Applying Content Security Policy (CSP) headers can help limit the impact of any injected scripts by restricting the sources from which scripts can be executed. User input and output encoding must be enforced consistently across the application, particularly when rendering user-uploaded content. Organizations should monitor for updates from Todoist and apply patches promptly once available. In the interim, restricting or disabling avatar uploads or limiting them to trusted users can reduce risk. Security awareness training for users to recognize suspicious content and avoid interacting with untrusted avatars can also help. Finally, implementing web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules targeting XSS payloads in image metadata may provide an additional layer of defense.

Description

Todoist v8484 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the avatar upload functionality. The application fails to properly validate the MIME type and sanitize image metadata.

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