Vulnerability · Published Jan 17, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-23039Cross Site Scripting on URL decode Tooltip in Caido

Medium 5.2

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in caido from caido. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Caido is a web security auditing toolkit. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in Caido v0.45.0 due to improper sanitization in the URL decoding tooltip of HTTP request and response editors. This issue could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts, potentially leading to the theft of sensitive information. This issue has been addressed in version 0.45.1 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
caido caido = 0.45.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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