CVE-2025-56527
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
- Record
CVE-2025-56527- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-198038
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
- Record
EUVD-2025-198038- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7mm-hwh2-5wx4
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
- Record
GHSA-p7mm-hwh2-5wx4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
- Record
CVE-2025-56527- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSV
Plaintext password storage in Kotaemon 0.11.0 in the client's localStorage.
- Record
CVE-2025-56527- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | NVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-56527 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cinnamon Kotaemon, published November 18, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/Cinnamon/kotaemon/commit/37cdc28
skinny-exoplanet-584.notion.site/Stored-XSS-via-Unsanitized-PDF-Content-Rendering-and-Plaintext-Credential-Exposure-in-LocalStorage-22cd1563bd3380458588eb49f361a363?pvs=74
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-2025-56527