CVE-2025-25197
Silverstripe Elemental enables XSS attacks in elemental "Content blocks in use" reports
Silverstripe Elemental extends a page type to swap the content area for a list of manageable elements to compose a page out of rather than a single text field. An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report. The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.3.12.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Silverstripe Elemental enables XSS attacks in elemental "Content blocks in use" reports
Silverstripe Elemental extends a page type to swap the content area for a list of manageable elements to compose a page out of rather than a single text field. An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report. The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.3.12.
- Record
CVE-2025-25197- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10683
Silverstripe Elemental extends a page type to swap the content area for a list of manageable elements to compose a page out of rather than a single text field. An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report. The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.3.12.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10683- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x8xm-c7p8-2pj2
Silverstripe cross-site scripting (XSS) attack in elemental "Content blocks in use" report
An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report.
The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field.
References
- Record
GHSA-x8xm-c7p8-2pj2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Silverstripe Elemental extends a page type to swap the content area for a list of manageable elements to compose a page out of rather than a single text field. An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report. The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.3.12.
- Record
CVE-2025-25197- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Silverstripe Elemental enables XSS attacks in elemental "Content blocks in use" reports
Silverstripe Elemental extends a page type to swap the content area for a list of manageable elements to compose a page out of rather than a single text field. An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report. The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.3.12.
- Record
CVE-2025-25197- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-x8xm-c7p8-2pj2
Silverstripe cross-site scripting (XSS) attack in elemental "Content blocks in use" report
An elemental block can include an XSS payload, which can be executed when viewing the "Content blocks in use" report.
The vulnerability is specific to that report and is a result of failure to cast input prior to including it in the grid field.
References
- Record
GHSA-x8xm-c7p8-2pj2- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
dnadesign/silverstripe-elementalPackagist |
2.1.2 up to 5.3.12 | 5.3.12 |
dnadesign/silverstripe-elementalPackagist |
2.1.2 up to 5.3.12, plus listed versions 3.0.03.0.0-beta13.0.0-beta23.0.0-beta33.0.0-rc1 Show 45 moreShow less3.0.0-rc23.0.13.0.23.1.03.1.13.1.23.1.34.0.04.0.0-beta14.0.14.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.54.1.04.1.14.10.04.10.0-beta14.10.0-rc14.10.14.10.24.11.04.11.0-beta14.11.0-rc14.11.14.11.24.11.34.11.44.11.54.11.64.11.74.11.84.11.94.2.04.2.0-beta14.2.14.3.04.3.14.3.24.4.04.4.0-rc14.4.14.5.04.6.04.6.0-beta1 |
5.3.12 |
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-2025-25197 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Silverstripe Silverstripe-elemental, published April 10, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. Fixed in dnadesign/silverstripe-elemental 5.3.12.
References
github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-elemental/security/advisories/GHSA-x8xm-c7p8-2pj2
silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/CVE-2025-25197
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