CVE-2025-60298 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Novel-Plus up to 5.2.4 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /author/updateIndexName endpoint. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the indexName parameter, which gets stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected book chapter.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus
https://notes.sjtu.edu.cn/s/FB0dX82qf
https://notes.sjtu.edu.cn/s/FB0dX82qf#

History

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://notes.sjtu.edu.cn/s/FB0dX82qf#
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Novel-Plus up to 5.2.4 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /author/updateIndexName endpoint. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the indexName parameter, which gets stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected book chapter.
References		https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus https://notes.sjtu.edu.cn/s/FB0dX82qf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-08T14:54:01.058Z

Reserved: 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-60298

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-08T14:49:29.175Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-08T13:15:34.627

Modified: 2025-10-08T19:38:09.863

Link: CVE-2025-60298

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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