CVE-2025-7053Cockpit save cross site scripting
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.36%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was found in Cockpit up to 2.11.3. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /system/users/save. The manipulation of the argument name/email leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.11.4 is able to address this issue. The patch is named bdcd5e3bc651c0839c7eea807f3eb6af856dbc76. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure and acted very professional. A patch and new release was made available very quickly.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
References tagged exploit1 reference
- Submit #605594 | agentejo cockpit 2.11.3 Cross Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
Timeline
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By VulDB
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 69% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
Cockpit
- affected 2.11.0
- affected 2.11.1
- affected 2.11.2
- affected 2.11.3
- unaffected 2.11.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistcockpit-hq/cockpitGHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- VDB-314819 | Cockpit save cross site scripting (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-314819 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #605594 | agentejo cockpit 2.11.3 Cross Site Scripting (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/commit/bdcd5e3bc651c0839c7eea807f3eb6af856dbc76 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/Cockpit-HQ/Cockpit/releases/tag/2.11.4 (opens in a new tab)patch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-19913 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j4rj-fgcq-wmqp (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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