CVE-2025-56526
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute...
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.
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
6.1
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.
- Record
CVE-2025-56526- 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-2025-198039
6.1
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.
- Record
EUVD-2025-198039- 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
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vfwg-j93f-wfr4
6.1
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute...
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.
- Record
GHSA-vfwg-j93f-wfr4- 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
NVD
6.1
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.
- Record
CVE-2025-56526- 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
- 2026-11-05
OSV
6.1
Cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kotaemon 0.11.0 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF.
- Record
CVE-2025-56526- 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
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | HanTul/Kotaemon-CVE-2025-56526-56527-disclosure | 2025-11-14 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | NVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-56526 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Cinnamon Kotaemon, published November 18, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/commit/37cdc28
github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon
skinny-exoplanet-584.notion.site/Stored-XSS-via-Unsanitized-PDF-Content-Rendering-and-Plaintext-Credential-Exposure-in-LocalStorage-22cd1563bd3380458588eb49f361a363
github.com/HanTul/Kotaemon-CVE-2025-56526-56527-disclosure
harvest-sink-590.notion.site/Stored-XSS-via-Unsanitized-PDF-Content-Rendering-and-Plaintext-Credential-Exposure-in-LocalStorage-236770c3fe1e80f6a1aef381fb1c8f73
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-56526
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vfwg-j93f-wfr4
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/56xxx/CVE-2025-56526.json