CVE-2025-40643
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 · uneditedStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Energy CRM v2025 by Status Tracker Ltd, consisting of a stored XSS due to lack of proper validation of user input by sending a POST request to “/crm/create_job_submit.php”, using the “JobCreatedBy” parameter. This vulnerability could allow a remote user to send a specially crafted query to an authenticated user and steal their cookie session details.
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 confidenceStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Energy CRM v2025 allows injection of malicious JavaScript via the JobCreatedBy parameter in the /crm/create_job_submit.php endpoint. The injected script is persisted and executed when other users view the affected data, enabling session hijacking through cookie theft.
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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= 2025CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Energy CRM versionLocate the Energy CRM installation and identify the installed version number. Check the application header, About page, or any version file included with the installation.Affected if The installed version is 2025 (exact match to the affected version)
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Confirm vulnerable endpoint existsCheck if the file /crm/create_job_submit.php exists in the web root or application directory. Attempt to access it via HTTP GET or POST to confirm the endpoint is routable.Affected if The endpoint /crm/create_job_submit.php is present and accessible in the application
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Identify JobCreatedBy parameter handlingReview the application or capture a request to the create_job_submit.php endpoint and locate the JobCreatedBy parameter. Determine if it accepts user-supplied input without sanitization.Affected if The JobCreatedBy parameter accepts and stores unsanitized input that gets reflected in subsequent views
You are affected if Energy CRM version 2025 is installed and the /crm/create_job_submit.php endpoint with the JobCreatedBy parameter is accessible and processes unsanitized input.
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 context-aware output encoding and robust input validation/sanitization for the JobCreatedBy parameter and all user-supplied fields. Consider implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers as a defense-in-depth measure.
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