Medium severity · published Jan 6, 2025
CVE-2025-21616
Plane has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) via SVG image upload
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Plane is an open-source project management tool. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Plane versions prior to 0.23. The vulnerability allows authenticated users to upload SVG files containing malicious JavaScript code as profile images, which gets executed in victims' browsers when viewing the profile image.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PL
plane · makeplane
< 0.23 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21616
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21616
Exploit
https://github.com/makeplane/plane/security/advisories/GHSA-rcg8-g69v-x23j
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