moonshine Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Create Admin

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Create Admin function of MoonShine v3.12.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the Name parameter.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Published (advisory)
2025-08-19 15:31:29 UTC
Updated
2025-08-20 19:02:53 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2025-08-20 19:02:52 UTC
NVD published
2025-08-19

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.09% 26.17%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
4.9 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
composer moonshine/moonshine < 3.12.4 3.12.14

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence