CVE-2025-28073

phpList before 3.6.15 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the /lists/dl.php endpoint. An attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript code by manipulating the id parameter, which is improperly sanitized.

Published: 2025-05-08 Last update: 2025-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-28073 is rated Moderate Risk (43.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-28073

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 0.06% 0.30% +0.24%
2 2026-01-22 0.04% 0.06% +0.03%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-28073

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-28073

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-28073

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phplist phplist < 3.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-28073

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