Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-55287Genealogy has a stored XSS vulnerability

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in genealogy from MGeurts. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 4.4.0, Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the Genealogy application. Authenticated attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript in another user’s session, leading to session hijacking, data theft, and UI manipulation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
MGeurts	genealogy	< 4.4.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/MGeurts/genealogy/security/advisories/GHSA-j457-9m86-6q5r x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/MGeurts/genealogy/commit/1683b3cbea5e52c99291fa231b7bc8c33f33c33f x_refsource_MISC