SCA: security update for decap-cms (GHSA-xp8g-32qh-mv28)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446734

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Decap CMS thru 3.8.3. Input fields such as body,
tags, title, and description are not properly sanitized before being rendered in the content preview pane.
This enables an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript which executes whenever a user views the preview
panel. The vulnerability affects multiple input vectors and does not require user interaction beyond
viewing the affected content. (CVE-2025-57520)

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp8g-32qh-mv28

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 446734

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-57520

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-57520

cwe: CWE-79