Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2025-31908

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-01
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Sami Ahmed Siddiqui JSON Structuring Markup json-structuring-markup allows Stored XSS.This issue affects JSON Structuring Markup: from n/a through <= 0.1.

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 confidence

CSRF vulnerability in the json-structuring-markup library allows attackers to craft malicious requests that result in Stored XSS. The vulnerability affects version 0.1 and below, enabling attackers to inject persistent malicious scripts through crafted JSON markup that gets stored and executed when viewed by other users.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens and same-site cookie attributes to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. Validate and sanitize all user-supplied JSON input to prevent XSS injection at the application level.

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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 checks

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  1. Identify json-structuring-markup library usage
    Search your codebase or dependency manifest (package.json, requirements.txt, pom.xml, go.mod) for the json-structuring-markup library
    Affected if The library is present and no version is specified or version is 0.1 or below
  2. Verify installed version
    Run the appropriate package manager command to list installed versions (npm list, pip show, gem list) and confirm the version of json-structuring-markup
    Affected if The installed version is 0.1 or any version below 0.1
  3. Check for CSRF protection on JSON endpoints
    Inspect your application's form handling or API endpoints that process JSON markup for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens or same-site cookie configurations
    Affected if JSON markup endpoints lack anti-CSRF tokens or same-site cookie attributes
  4. Examine JSON input validation
    Review the code that handles user-supplied JSON markup to determine if input validation and sanitization are applied before storage
    Affected if User-supplied JSON markup is stored without validation or sanitization allowing script injection
  5. Confirm storage mechanism presence
    Check if the application stores JSON markup in a database, file system, or session that persists across requests and is rendered to other users
    Affected if JSON markup is stored and rendered to other users without output encoding

You are affected if the json-structuring-markup library version 0.1 or below is in use AND your application stores user-supplied JSON markup without CSRF protection and input sanitization.

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

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens and same-site cookie attributes to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. Validate and sanitize all user-supplied JSON input to prevent XSS injection at the application level.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA1.0 h
6.0 hours of engineering $1,040
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