CVE-2025-8661
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Symantec PGP Encryption 11.0.1
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) occurs when the server does not properly validate or encode the data entered by the user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Symantec PGP Encryption 11.0.1
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) occurs when the server does not properly validate or encode the data entered by the user.
- Record
CVE-2025-8661- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-24132
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) occurs when the server does not properly validate or encode the data entered by the user.
- Record
EUVD-2025-24132- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m74m-p8vw-fgv5
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) occurs when the server does not properly...
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) occurs when the server does not properly validate or encode the data entered by the user.
- Record
GHSA-m74m-p8vw-fgv5- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - 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
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (XSS) occurs when the server does not properly validate or encode the data entered by the user.
- Record
CVE-2025-8661- CVSS 4.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - 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, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8661 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Broadcom Symantec Pgp Encryption, published August 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.