Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-9138Scada-LTS new cross site scripting
Low 3.5
In plain English
A low-severity cross-site scripting in Scada-LTS. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Scada-LTS 2.7.8.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file pointHierarchy/new/. Performing manipulation of the argument Title results in cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor explains: "[T]he risks of indicated vulnerabilities seem to be minimal as all scenarios likely require admin permissions. Moreover, regardless our team fixes those vulnerabilities - the overall risk change to the user due to malicious admin actions will not be lower. An admin user - by definition - has full control over HTML and JS code that is delivered to users in regular synoptic panels. In other words - due to the design of the system it is not possible to limit the admin user to attack the users."
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-320518 | Scada-LTS new cross site scripting vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-320518 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #620516 | Scada-LTS 2.7.8.1 Cross Site Scripting third-party-advisory
- https://karinagante.github.io/cve-2025-9138/ related
- https://karinagante.github.io/cve-2025-9138/#proof-of-concept-poc exploit