Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Libredesk (CVE-2025-68927)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Libredesk (CVE-2025-68927). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Libredesk is a self-hosted customer support desk. Prior to version 0.8.6-beta, LibreDesk is vulnerable to stored HTML injection in the contact notes feature. When adding notes via POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes, the backend automatically wraps user input in tags. However, by intercepting the request and removing the tag, an attacker can inject arbitrary HTML elements such as forms and images, which are then stored and rendered without proper sanitization. This can lead to phishing, CSRF-style forced actions, and UI redress attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.8.6-beta.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68927 has been found in Libredesk.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Libredesk CVE-2025-68927" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68927 (Libredesk) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Attack surface: POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Libredesk. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Libredesk. Attack surface: POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes requests with malformed payloads or SQL meta-characters. Run grep -r 'Libredesk' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Libredesk' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Libredeskを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Hunt for indicators of compromise detect
grep 'POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes' /var/log/nginx/access.log | grep -E '(unusual_payload|sqli_pattern)'アクセスログで
POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notesへの異常なリクエスト (不正な認証ヘッダ・SQLメタ文字)を過去 30〜90日分捜索。WAF/SIEM があれば該当パスのアラート発火履歴を確認。 -
3Post-deployment verification verify
Replay attack against POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes on staging to confirm patch closes the vectorパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 2 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit github.com
- patch security-advisories@github.com