CVE-2025-66686

Exp

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Perch CMS version 3.2. An authenticated attacker with administrative privileges can inject malicious JavaScript code into the “Help button url” setting within the admin panel. The injected payload is stored and executed when any authenticated user clicks the Help button, potentially leading to session hijacking, information disclosure, privilege escalation, and unauthorized administrative actions.

Published: 2026-01-07 Last update: 2026-01-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-66686 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-66686

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-66686

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 2026-03-16 0.03% 0.05% +0.02%
2 2026-01-08 0.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-66686

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-2025-66686

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-66686

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
grabaperch perch 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:grabaperch:perch:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-66686

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