CVE-2025-60298

Published Oct 8, 2025

Last updated 5 months ago

CVSS medium 5.4

Overview

Description
Novel-Plus up to 5.2.4 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /author/updateIndexName endpoint. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the indexName parameter, which gets stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected book chapter.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
novel-plus

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
5.4
Impact score
2.7
Exploitability score
2.3
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-79

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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  1. Novel-Plus with 5.2.0 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /book/addCommentReply endpoint. An authenticated user can inject malicious JavaScript through the replyContent parameter when replying to a book comment. The payload is stored in the database and is executed in other users’ browsers when they view the affected comment thread.•CVE-2025-60299
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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.