#VU118228 Exposed dangerous method or function in expr-eval and expr-eval-fork - CVE-2025-12735

 

#VU118228 Exposed dangerous method or function in expr-eval and expr-eval-fork - CVE-2025-12735

Published: November 10, 2025 / Updated: January 7, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU118228
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-12735
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
expr-eval
expr-eval-fork
Software vendor:
Silent Matt
Joren Broekema

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected application.

The vulnerability exists due to the application uses the unsafe evaluate() method on untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary JavaScript code. 


Remediation

The vulnerability is resolved in expr-eval-fork library. 

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