CVE-2025-60299 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Novel-Plus with 5.2.0 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /book/addCommentReply endpoint. An authenticated user can inject malicious JavaScript through the replyContent parameter when replying to a book comment. The payload is stored in the database and is executed in other users’ browsers when they view the affected comment thread.

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

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus
https://notes.sjtu.edu.cn/s/OtnFaGbI4

History

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
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 with 5.2.0 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /book/addCommentReply endpoint. An authenticated user can inject malicious JavaScript through the replyContent parameter when replying to a book comment. The payload is stored in the database and is executed in other users’ browsers when they view the affected comment thread.
References		https://github.com/201206030/novel-plus https://notes.sjtu.edu.cn/s/OtnFaGbI4

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2025-10-08T20:42:15.303Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-60299

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-08T20:42:11.523Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-08T13:15:34.790

Modified: 2025-10-08T21:15:32.997

Link: CVE-2025-60299

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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