CVE-2025-21616
Plane has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) via SVG image upload
Plane is an open-source project management tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Plane versions prior to 0.23. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Plane has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) via SVG image upload
Plane is an open-source project management tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Plane versions prior to 0.23. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.
- Record
CVE-2025-21616- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-2573
Plane is an open-source project management tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Plane versions prior to 0.23. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.
- Record
EUVD-2025-2573- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
Plane is an open-source project management tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Plane versions prior to 0.23. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.
- Record
CVE-2025-21616- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Plane has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) via SVG image upload
Plane is an open-source project management tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Plane versions prior to 0.23. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.
- Record
CVE-2025-21616- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-21616 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Makeplane Plane, published January 6, 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.