CVE-2025-67618
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ArtstudioWorks Brookside allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Brookside: from n/a through 1.4.
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 confidenceReflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ArtstudioWorks Brookside web application. User-supplied input is not properly sanitized before being reflected in generated web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in victim browsers.
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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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Identify if ArtstudioWorks Brookside is runningCheck running web services and examine HTTP responses for references to 'Brookside' or 'ArtstudioWorks' in headers, cookies, or page sourceAffected if The web application is identified as ArtstudioWorks Brookside
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Determine the installed versionReview application documentation, about pages, or version information in HTTP headers or error messages for the Brookside applicationAffected if The installed version cannot be verified or is earlier than the patched version
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Identify reflected input parametersTest common user input points (search fields, form parameters, URL query strings) by submitting special characters (<, >, ', ") and examining if they are returned unchanged in the responseAffected if User-supplied input is reflected in the HTML response without encoding or sanitization
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Verify lack of output encodingInspect the page source of responses containing reflected input to confirm that characters like < and > are rendered as literal characters rather than being HTML-encoded (e.g., < and >)Affected if Special characters appear unencoded in the response when reflecting user input
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Check for CSP headers as mitigating controlExamine HTTP response headers for Content-Security-Policy or X-Content-Security-Policy headers that could mitigate XSS impactAffected if No CSP headers are present and user input is reflected without sanitization
If ArtstudioWorks Brookside is running and user input is reflected in web pages without proper encoding or sanitization, the environment is likely affected by this reflected XSS vulnerability.
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 proper input validation and output encoding/sanitization for all user inputs before reflecting them in web pages. Consider implementing Content Security Policy (CSP) headers as defense-in-depth.
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