Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). Prior to version 2.2.0, inserting unsanitized data into the blog tag field results in stored cross‑site scripting (XSS). Any user with credentials to the Formwork CMS who accesses or edits an affected blog post will have attacker‑controlled script executed in their browser. The issue is persistent and impacts privileged administrative workflows. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pj Formwork CMS has Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerebility in Blog Tags
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History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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Description Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). Prior to version 2.2.0, inserting unsanitized data into the blog tag field results in stored cross‑site scripting (XSS). Any user with credentials to the Formwork CMS who accesses or edits an affected blog post will have attacker‑controlled script executed in their browser. The issue is persistent and impacts privileged administrative workflows. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.
Title Formwork CMS Has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Blog Tags
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-25T23:20:23.965Z

Reserved: 2025-11-18T16:14:56.693Z

Link: CVE-2025-65956

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-11-26T00:15:50.770

Modified: 2025-11-26T00:15:50.770

Link: CVE-2025-65956

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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