CVE-2025-61788

Opencast is a free, open-source platform to support the management of educational audio and video content. Prior to Opencast 17.8 and 18.2, the paella would include and render some user inputs (metadata like title, description, etc.) unfiltered and unmodified. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject and malicious HTML and JavaScript in the player, which would then be executed in the browsers of users watching the prepared media. This can then be used to modify the site or to execute actions in the name of logged-in users. To inject malicious metadata, an attacker needs write access to the system. For example, the ability to upload media and modify metadata. This cannot be exploited by unauthenticated users. This issue is fixed in Opencast 17.8 and 18.2.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

09 Oct 2025, 16:00

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Apereo opencast
Apereo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/2809520fa88d108d8104c760f00c10bad42c14f9 - () https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/2809520fa88d108d8104c760f00c10bad42c14f9 - Patch
References () https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vg-rmq6-p62r - () https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vg-rmq6-p62r - Vendor Advisory

08 Oct 2025, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-08 18:15

Updated : 2025-10-09 16:00


NVD link : CVE-2025-61788

Mitre link : CVE-2025-61788

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-61788


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Products Affected

apereo

  • opencast
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')