CVE-2025-53941
Hollo renders posts received with form elements and allows submission
Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software designed to be federated through ActivityPub. Versions prior to 0.6.5 allow HTML form elements to be submitted, making the software vulnerable to HTML injection. Version 0.6.5 fixes the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Hollo renders posts received with form elements and allows submission
Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software designed to be federated through ActivityPub. Versions prior to 0.6.5 allow HTML form elements to be submitted, making the software vulnerable to HTML injection. Version 0.6.5 fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2025-53941- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21766
Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software designed to be federated through ActivityPub. Versions prior to 0.6.5 allow HTML form elements to be submitted, making the software vulnerable to HTML injection. Version 0.6.5 fixes the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2025-21766- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software designed to be federated through ActivityPub. Versions prior to 0.6.5 allow HTML form elements to be submitted, making the software vulnerable to HTML injection. Version 0.6.5 fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2025-53941- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Hollo renders posts received with form elements and allows submission
Hollo is a federated single-user microblogging software designed to be federated through ActivityPub. Versions prior to 0.6.5 allow HTML form elements to be submitted, making the software vulnerable to HTML injection. Version 0.6.5 fixes the issue.
- Record
CVE-2025-53941- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-53941 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Fedify-dev Hollo, published July 17, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/fedify-dev/hollo/security/advisories/GHSA-w7gc-g3x7-hq8h
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53941