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.
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Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
09 Oct 2025, 16:00
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| First Time |
Apereo opencast
Apereo |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.4 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/2809520fa88d108d8104c760f00c10bad42c14f9 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-m2vg-rmq6-p62r - Vendor Advisory |
08 Oct 2025, 18:15
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| 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')
