CVE-2025-14202
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Leading to Account Takeover via SVG File Upload
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file with JavaScript content. When an authenticated admin user views the SVG file with embedded JavaScript code of shared bookmark, JavaScript executes in the admin’s browser, retrieves the CSRF token, and sends a request to change the admin's password resulting in a full account takeover.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Leading to Account Takeover via SVG File Upload
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file with JavaScript content. When an authenticated admin user views the SVG file with embedded JavaScript code of shared bookmark, JavaScript executes in the admin’s browser, retrieves the CSRF token, and sends a request to change the admin's password resulting in a full account takeover.
- Record
CVE-2025-14202- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-204004
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file with JavaScript content. When an authenticated admin user views the SVG file with embedded JavaScript code of shared bookmark, JavaScript executes in the admin’s browser, retrieves the CSRF token, and sends a request to change the admin's password resulting in a full account takeover.
- Record
EUVD-2025-204004- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cpg4-p69m-3fq5
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to...
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file with JavaScript content. When an authenticated admin user views the SVG file with embedded JavaScript code of shared bookmark, JavaScript executes in the admin’s browser, retrieves the CSRF token, and sends a request to change the admin's password resulting in a full account takeover.
- Record
GHSA-cpg4-p69m-3fq5- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file with JavaScript content. When an authenticated admin user views the SVG file with embedded JavaScript code of shared bookmark, JavaScript executes in the admin’s browser, retrieves the CSRF token, and sends a request to change the admin's password resulting in a full account takeover.
- Record
CVE-2025-14202- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Leading to Account Takeover via SVG File Upload
A vulnerability in the file upload at bookmark + asset rendering pipeline allows an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file with JavaScript content. When an authenticated admin user views the SVG file with embedded JavaScript code of shared bookmark, JavaScript executes in the admin’s browser, retrieves the CSRF token, and sends a request to change the admin's password resulting in a full account takeover.
- Record
CVE-2025-14202- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-14202 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Linkding, published December 17, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.