CVE-2025-62178VulnerabilityPublished 13 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-62178: LabRedesCefetRJ WeGIA · Cross-site Scripting

Affects LabRedesCefetRJ WeGIASource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.5 Low : upgrade to 3.5.1 when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

3.5Low

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 3.5.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

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

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, 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: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
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 impacted component.
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 on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Oct 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 2026-10-25.

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 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 LabRedesCefetRJ WeGIA to 3.5.1.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
LabRedesCefetRJ WeGIA	Affected <3.5.1	Fixed in 3.5.1

AI-suggested

1. Upgrade WeGIA to version 3.5.1 or later immediately to apply the official patch that fixes the XSS vulnerability. 2. Implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data, especially parameters like idatendido, to prevent script injection. 3. Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in the browser context. 4. Conduct user awareness training to recognize and avoid phishing attempts that could deliver malicious URLs exploiting this vulnerability. 5. Monitor web application logs for unusual or suspicious requests targeting the vulnerable endpoint. 6. Use web application firewalls (WAFs) with updated rules to detect and block XSS attack patterns against WeGIA. 7. Regularly audit and test web applications for similar injection vulnerabilities as part of a secure development lifecycle. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on the specific vulnerable parameter and the context of authenticated user interaction.

Description

WeGIA is an open source Web Manager for Institutions with a focus on Portuguese language users. Prior to 3.5.1, a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the /html/atendido/cadastro_atendido_parentesco_pessoa_nova.php endpoint of the WeGIA application. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts in the idatendido parameter. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.5.1.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2025-62178 is generally low but non-negligible. The vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of authenticated users, potentially leading to session hijacking, theft of sensitive information, or unauthorized actions within the application. This risk is heightened in institutions managing sensitive personal or institutional data, such as educational or governmental bodies using WeGIA. However, exploitation requires user interaction and authenticated access, limiting the attack surface primarily to targeted phishing or social engineering campaigns. The lack of availability impact means operational disruption is unlikely. Nonetheless, compromised user sessions or data leakage could have reputational and compliance consequences under European data protection regulations like GDPR. Organizations with Portuguese language user bases or those serving Lusophone communities in Europe should be particularly vigilant. The absence of known exploits reduces immediate risk but does not eliminate the need for prompt remediation.

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 21 Oct 2025, 00:42 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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