Cross-site scripting in vega - CVE-2025-27793
Published: March 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106081
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-27793
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in RegExp.prototype[@@replace]. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
vega
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data
Fedora
jupyterlab
python-notebook
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data
Fedora
jupyterlab
python-notebook
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component
How to mitigate CVE-2025-27793
Install updates from vendor's website.
vega - update to 5.32.0
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.2.1
jupyterlab - addressed in versions 4.4.0-1.fc40, 4.4.0-1.fc41
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.2.1
python-notebook - addressed in versions 7.4.0-1.fc40, 7.4.0-1.fc41
IBM Decision Optimization for Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.2.1
jupyterlab - addressed in versions 4.4.0-1.fc40, 4.4.0-1.fc41
watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component - update to 5.2.1
python-notebook - addressed in versions 7.4.0-1.fc40, 7.4.0-1.fc41