Shine Lan X FirmwareOperating system · Growatt

CVE-2025-36750

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-13
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.6.0.2 or later.
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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
ShineLan-X contains a stored cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Plant Name field. A HTML payload will be displayed on the plant management page via a direct post. This may allow attackers to force a legitimate user’s browser’s JavaScript engine to run malicious code.

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

ShineLan-X suffers from a stored (persistent) cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Plant Name input field. The application fails to properly sanitize or encode user-supplied input before rendering it on the plant management page, allowing injected JavaScript or HTML payloads to execute in the browsers of users who view the affected plant records.

MitigationImplement strict input validation and output encoding/escaping on the Plant Name field server-side before storage and client-side during rendering. Consider deploying 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
Shine Lan X FirmwareOperating system
Affected:>= 3.6.0.0, < 3.6.0.2

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

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  1. Check the installed firmware version
    Access the ShineLan-X web interface and locate the firmware version information, typically found in System Settings, About, or Device Information pages
    Affected if Firmware version is >= 3.6.0.0 and < 3.6.0.2
  2. Navigate to plant management interface
    Log into the ShineLan-X web application and locate the plant management or plant configuration section where plant records are created or edited
    Affected if The Plant Name input field is present and accepts user-supplied values
  3. Verify input rendering for XSS vulnerability
    Submit a test value containing HTML or JavaScript characters (such as <script>alert(1)</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) to the Plant Name field, save the record, and view the plant management page to examine how the input is rendered in the HTML source
    Affected if The submitted HTML or script tags execute or are reflected unescaped in the page source, indicating the application fails to sanitize or encode the input

The environment is affected if the installed firmware version falls within the range >= 3.6.0.0 and < 3.6.0.2 AND the Plant Name field allows stored HTML/script content to execute when viewing plant records.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.6.0.2 or later
Fixed in 3.6.0.2
Interim mitigation

Implement strict input validation and output encoding/escaping on the Plant Name field server-side before storage and client-side during rendering. Consider deploying Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

3.6.0.2 or later

  1. 1. Identify the current firmware version of the Shine Lan X device through the administration interface
  2. 2. Obtain firmware version 3.6.0.2 or later from the official Shine vendor support channels
  3. 3. Follow the vendor's documented firmware upgrade procedure to apply the update to the device
  4. 4. After upgrading, verify the new firmware version is 3.6.0.2 or later
  5. 5. Confirm the Plant Name field now properly sanitizes or encodes HTML/JavaScript input to prevent XSS

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Shine Lan X Firmware Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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