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CVE-2025-61597: Stored XSS vulnerability in Emlog leading to potential admin takeover

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Overview

Emlog, an open-source website building system, suffers from a significant security flaw in versions 2.5.21 and below. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-61597, allows for stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks through HTML template injection, which could potentially enable a full admin account takeover. Given the popularity of Emlog as a website building tool, this vulnerability poses a serious threat to many organizations and individual users.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-61597
Severity: High (7.6)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Impact: System compromise, data leakage, and potential admin account takeover

Affected Products

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Product | Affected Versions

Emlog | 2.5.21 and below

How the Exploit Works

In affected versions of Emlog, the mail template settings accept and store HTML input without proper sanitization. An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code into these settings. When an admin visits the settings page, the stored JavaScript code is executed, potentially leading to session or token theft and subsequently, admin account takeover.

Conceptual Example Code

Given the nature of this vulnerability, an attacker could exploit it with a simple POST request, as shown here:

POST /emlog/settings/mail_template HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "mail_template": "<script>malicious_javascript_here</script>" }

The “malicious_javascript_here” would be replaced with the attacker’s JavaScript code, which could be designed to steal session cookies, tokens, or perform other malicious actions when executed by the admin’s browser.

Mitigation

Users of Emlog are strongly advised to update to version 2.5.22 or later, where this issue has been resolved. If immediate patching is not possible, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability can serve as a temporary mitigation strategy.

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Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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