Improper Input ValidationWeakness · CWE-20

CVE-2025-58353

HIGH · 8.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-04
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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89/100
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
Promptcraft Forge Studio is a toolkit for evaluating, optimizing, and maintaining LLM-powered applications. All versions of Promptcraft Forge Studio sanitize user input using regex blacklists such as r`eplace(/javascript:/gi, '')`. Because the package uses multi-character tokens and each replacement is applied only once, removing one occurrence can create a new dangerous token due to overlap. The “sanitized” value may still contain an executable payload when used in href/src (or injected into the DOM). There is currently no fix for this issue.

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

Promptcraft Forge Studio uses regex blacklist-based sanitization (e.g., r`eplace(/javascript:/gi, '')`) that applies each replacement only once. Because the package handles multi-character tokens, removing one occurrence can create a new dangerous token through character overlap, allowing XSS payloads to persist in href/src attributes or DOM injection contexts.

MitigationAvoid using this package for handling user input rendered in href/src contexts until a fix is available; implement output encoding or a robust allowlist-based sanitizer (such as DOMPurify) on the consuming application's side as a defensive measure.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/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

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if promptcraft-forge-studio is installed
    Check your package.json or node_modules for the presence of promptcraft-forge-studio package using npm list or by reviewing dependencies
    Affected if The package exists in your project dependencies
  2. Determine installed version
    Run npm list promptcraft-forge-studio or check the version field in your package.json
    Affected if The installed version has not been patched for this vulnerability (compare to any released fixed version)
  3. Locate regex blacklist sanitization code
    Search your codebase for patterns like .replace(/javascript:/gi, '') or similar single-pass blacklist regex replacements applied to user input
    Affected if Code uses one-pass regex replacement to sanitize input against XSS vectors
  4. Verify output context is vulnerable
    Inspect where the sanitized data flows - check if it is inserted into href attributes, src attributes, or used in innerHTML/dominsertion contexts
    Affected if The sanitized output is rendered in href, src, or DOM injection contexts without additional encoding

You are affected if promptcraft-forge-studio is present and user input sanitized with single-pass regex blacklist replacement is being rendered in href/src attributes or DOM contexts.

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

Avoid using this package for handling user input rendered in href/src contexts until a fix is available; implement output encoding or a robust allowlist-based sanitizer (such as DOMPurify) on the consuming application's side as a defensive measure.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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