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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2025-21572

OpenGrok 1.13.25 has a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue when producing the history view page. This happens through improper handling of path segments. The application reflects unsanitized user input into the HTML output.

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CVE-2025-21572
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3 Nov 2026, 13:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2025-21572

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 May 2025, 21:46 UTC

OpenGrok 1.13.25 has a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue when producing the history view page. This happens through improper handling of path segments. The application reflects unsanitized user input into the HTML output.

osv:CVE-2025-21572
Complete source record
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  "id": "c574da99ce8dad4a6cea03c7ad8463c782a4d97cdf1dce37b72b05f78156c476",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21572",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-21572",
    "summary": "OpenGrok 1.13.25 has a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue when producing the history view page. This happens through improper handling of path segments. The application reflects unsanitized user input into the HTML output.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-21572",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
                {
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                }
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:oracle:opengrok:1.13.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
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              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-21572.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.193085936Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/21xxx/CVE-2025-21572.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21572",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/all-oracle-cves-outside-other-oracle-public-documents.html"
      ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "1.13.25"
                  }
                ],
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                "strategy": "StandaloneSingleVersion"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2025-21572",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 495976,
  "published_at": "2025-05-02T21:46:31.165+00:00"
}