Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2025-71165Typesetter CMS Reflected XSS via Status.php

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Typesetter from Typesetter. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Typesetter CMS versions up to and including 5.1 contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the administrative interface within the Tools Status functionality. The path parameter is reflected into the HTML response without proper output encoding in include/admin/Tools/Status.php. An authenticated attacker can supply crafted input containing HTML or JavaScript, resulting in arbitrary script execution in the context of an authenticated user's browser session.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Typesetter	Typesetter	0 – through 5.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

References

https://github.com/Typesetter/Typesetter product
https://github.com/Typesetter/Typesetter/issues/709 issue-tracking
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/typesetter-cms-reflected-xss-via-status-php third-party-advisory