{"id":"CVE-2025-6050","aliases":["PYSEC-2025-236","GHSA-7pr5-w74r-jjj7"],"title":"Mezzanine CMS, in versions prior to 6.1.1, contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface. The vulnera…","summary":"Mezzanine CMS, in versions prior to 6.1.1, contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface. The vulnerability exists in the \"displayable_links_js\" function, which fails to properly sanitize blog post tit…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","vendor":"mezzanine","product":"mezzanine","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["mezzanine < 6.1.1"],"patched":["mezzanine 6.1.1"],"published":"2025-06-17","updated":"2026-07-13","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2025-236","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/discussions/2080"},{"url":"https://github.com/stephenmcd/mezzanine/commit/898630d8df48cf3ddb8b9942f59168b93216e3f8"},{"url":"https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CVE-2025-6050/"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7pr5-w74r-jjj7"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00315,"epssPercentile":0.24662,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-13T18:58:06.553Z","slug":"CVE-2025-6050","body":"## Overview\n\nMezzanine CMS, in versions prior to 6.1.1, contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface. The vulnerability exists in the \"displayable_links_js\" function, which fails to properly sanitize blog post titles before including them in JSON responses served via \"/admin/displayable_links.js\". An authenticated admin user can create a blog post with a malicious JavaScript payload in the title field, then trick another admin user into clicking a direct link to the \"/admin/displayable_links.js\" endpoint, causing the malicious script to execute in their browser.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `mezzanine < 6.1.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `mezzanine 6.1.1`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":26,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":26.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}