CVE-2025-39441
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 swedish boy Dashboard Notepads dashboard-notepads allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Dashboard Notepads: from n/a through <= 1.2.1.
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 confidenceA Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Dashboard Notepads component allows attackers to craft malicious requests that result in Stored XSS. This occurs because the application does not validate the origin of requests or properly sanitize user input before storing it, enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when other users view the notepads.
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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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Locate the Dashboard Notepads componentInspect your web application's module list or navigation to confirm whether the Dashboard Notepads feature is installed and accessible to usersAffected if The Dashboard Notepads component is present and enabled in your environment
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Identify notepad storage mechanismExamine the application's database or storage layer to locate tables or fields that store notepad content, typically labeled as 'notepad', 'notes', or 'dashboard_notes'Affected if Notepad data is stored in a location that accepts user-supplied content without validation
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Verify CSRF protection on notepad endpointsReview the source code or intercept HTTP requests when creating/updating notepads. Check if the application includes and validates CSRF tokens in the request headers or form fields for state-changing notepad operationsAffected if No CSRF token is required or validated when saving notepad content, allowing cross-origin requests to modify notepad data
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Test input sanitization of notepad contentSubmit a test notepad containing HTML or JavaScript characters (such as <script>alert(1)</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) and retrieve the stored content to observe whether the input is sanitized, escaped, or stored as raw HTMLAffected if The submitted script tags or event handlers are stored and rendered as-is without encoding or removal when other users view the notepad
You are affected if the Dashboard Notepads component is enabled, CSRF tokens are not validated on notepad save operations, and malicious script content is stored and rendered without sanitization when viewed by other users.
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 CSRF token validation on all state-changing operations and apply proper input sanitization plus output encoding to prevent XSS execution.
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