Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-5412Mist Community Edition Authentication Endpoint views.py login cross site scripting
Low 3.5
In plain English
A low-severity cross-site scripting in Community Edition from Mist. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mist Community Edition up to 4.7.1. Affected is the function Login of the file src/mist/api/views.py of the component Authentication Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument return_to leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.7.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is db10ecb62ac832c1ed4924556d167efb9bc07fad. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mist | Community Edition | 4.7.04.7.1 |
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
References
- VDB-310752 | Mist Community Edition Authentication Endpoint views.py login cross site scripting vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-310752 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #583534 | Mist.io Mist Community Edition (CE) 4.7.1 Open Redirect third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/Stolichnayer/mist-ce-open-redirect exploit
- https://github.com/mistio/mist.api/commit/db10ecb62ac832c1ed4924556d167efb9bc07fad patch
- https://github.com/mistio/mist-ce/releases/tag/v4.7.2 patch