Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2026-25025

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-25
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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78/100
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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in e4jvikwp VikRestaurants vikrestaurants allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects VikRestaurants: from n/a through <= 1.5.2.

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

VikRestaurants plugin versions up to 1.5.2 contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability where user-supplied input is not properly neutralized before being rendered in web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via crafted URLs.

MitigationApply context-aware output encoding/escaping to all user-supplied input before rendering in HTML, and implement input validation at entry points.

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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 checks

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

  1. Locate the VikRestaurants plugin installation
    Search the web server filesystem for the VikRestaurants plugin directory. For Joomla, check /plugins/system/vikrestaurants or /administrator/components/com_vikrestaurants. Use: find / -type d -name 'vikrestaurants' 2>/dev/null
    Affected if The plugin directory exists and contains plugin files, indicating the software is installed
  2. Determine the installed version
    Open the plugin manifest XML file (typically xml/install.xml or manifest.xml) within the plugin directory and read the <version> tag, or access the Joomla administrator panel: Extensions > Manage > Search for 'VikRestaurants' and view the version column
    Affected if The displayed version number is 1.5.2 or lower
  3. Identify web-accessible entry points
    Review the plugin PHP files in the front-end directories (site/ or controllers/) for parameters received via $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST that are directly output to HTML without apparent sanitization functions such as htmlspecialchars() or JHtml::_('behavior.framework')
    Affected if User-supplied input parameters are echoed back to the page without encoding
  4. Test for reflected XSS in URL parameters
    Craft a test URL pointing to a VikRestaurants page with a malicious parameter value such as ?testparam=<script>alert('XSS')</script> and request it in a browser. If the script tag executes, the vulnerability is present
    Affected if The injected script executes in the browser, confirming unsanitized input reflection
  5. Verify input handling in source code
    Grep the plugin PHP files for instances where request variables are concatenated directly into HTML output. Use: grep -rn '\$_GET\|\$_REQUEST\|\$_POST' /path/to/vikrestaurants/*.php and check if results are passed through escaping functions before output
    Affected if Request parameters are output to HTML without passing through htmlspecialchars() or equivalent encoding functions

You are affected if VikRestaurants plugin is installed with version 1.5.2 or lower AND user-supplied input from URLs can be reflected in web pages without proper sanitization.

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

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

Apply context-aware output encoding/escaping to all user-supplied input before rendering in HTML, and implement input validation at entry points.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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