CVE-2025-22328
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Elevio by Dixa Elevio elevio allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Elevio: from n/a through <= 4.4.1.
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 · moderate confidenceCSRF vulnerability in Elevio <= 4.4.1 enables attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions that store malicious XSS payloads. The attack leverages the lack of anti-CSRF protections to inject persistent JavaScript code into the application, which then executes in other users' browsers.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Elevio versionLocate the installed Elevio version number in the application admin panel under 'Settings > About' or check the version displayed in the frontend footer. Alternatively, inspect the JavaScript bundle or check the server response headers for version information.Affected if The installed version is 4.4.1 or lower.
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Verify CSRF token presence on formsInspect the HTML source of state-changing forms (such as article creation, user profile updates, or settings modifications) in Elevio. Look for a hidden input field containing a token value (commonly named 'csrf_token', '_token', or similar) or check request headers for a CSRF token header.Affected if State-changing forms lack a CSRF token parameter or token header in the request.
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Check cookie SameSite attributeUsing browser developer tools, navigate to the Application tab and examine the Elevio cookies. Inspect the 'SameSite' attribute for session or authentication cookies.Affected if Cookies do not have the SameSite attribute set, or it is set to 'None' without the 'Secure' flag.
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Test for stored XSS via form submissionUsing an authenticated session, submit a state-changing request containing a benign XSS test payload (such as <script>alert(1)</script>) in a text field. Log out and view the submitted content from a different browser or incognito session.Affected if The XSS payload executes or renders unescaped when viewed by another user.
You are affected if you are running Elevio version 4.4.1 or lower and your environment lacks CSRF tokens on state-changing endpoints or has misconfigured cookies, allowing stored XSS injection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all state-changing endpoints and configure SameSite cookies. Additionally, apply proper input validation and output encoding to prevent the stored XSS from executing.
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