Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GeSHi up to 1.0.9.1. Affected by this issue is the function get_var of the file /contrib/cssgen.php of the component CSS Handler. The manipulation of the argument default-styles/keywords-1/keywords-2/keywords-3/keywords-4/comments leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Published: 2025-03-09
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-7508 GeSHi XSS possible in the get_var function of /contrib/cssgen.php
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pr6q-g5gv-qgr7 GeSHi XSS possible in the get_var function of /contrib/cssgen.php
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00053}

 epss

{'score': 0.00055}

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Qbnz
Qbnz geshi
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Qbnz
Qbnz geshi

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GeSHi up to 1.0.9.1. Affected by this issue is the function get_var of the file /contrib/cssgen.php of the component CSS Handler. The manipulation of the argument default-styles/keywords-1/keywords-2/keywords-3/keywords-4/comments leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title GeSHi CSS cssgen.php get_var cross site scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Qbnz Geshi
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-10T15:35:51.889Z

Reserved: 2025-03-08T14:26:55.500Z

Link: CVE-2025-2123

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-10T15:35:28.635Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-03-09T15:15:36.413

Modified: 2025-06-23T18:53:22.017

Link: CVE-2025-2123

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses