BootplusApplication · Joeybling

CVE-2025-0706

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-24
Fix available
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was found in JoeyBling bootplus up to 247d5f6c209be1a5cf10cd0fa18e1d8cc63cf55d and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/sys/admin.html. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the JoeyBling bootplus admin panel at /admin/sys/admin.html. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through unsanitized user input, which is then reflected back to victims in the admin interface.

MitigationImplement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data in the admin.html file. Additionally, deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
BootplusApplication
Affected:<= 2020-08-24

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify product and version
    Locate the Bootplus installation directory and check for version information in the project metadata, about page, or version file. If running as a deployed application, check the build timestamp or deployment date.
    Affected if The product is JoeyBling Bootplus and the version/build date is on or before August 24, 2020
  2. Verify vulnerable endpoint exists
    Check if the file admin/sys/admin.html exists in the web application root directory or is accessible via HTTP at /admin/sys/admin.html
    Affected if The file admin/sys/admin.html exists and is served by the application
  3. Confirm admin panel is exposed
    Attempt to access the admin panel URL through the web server or check server access logs for requests to /admin/sys/admin.html
    Affected if The admin interface is accessible from the network (internal or external)
  4. Test for reflected parameter handling
    Send a harmless test string (such as a unique alphanumeric token) as a URL parameter to the admin.html page and examine the response to see if the input is reflected back without encoding or sanitization
    Affected if The submitted parameter value is reflected in the HTML response without proper output encoding

You are affected if you are running JoeyBling Bootplus version dated August 24, 2020 or earlier, the admin/sys/admin.html file exists, and user input is reflected in responses without sanitization.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2020-08-24
Interim mitigation

Implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data in the admin.html file. Additionally, deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.

Fix this in Bootplus Scoped from the published advisory
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