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    13 May 2025 Business and Enterprise Solutions
    WordPress: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via jQuery Metadata in Firelight Lightbox Plugin

    In Firelight Lightbox plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.3.15 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-3597 was detected. This vulnerability lets authenticated users with post-writing access run harmful JavaScript when the jQuery Metadata feature is enabled, even in the free version of the plugin. To address this issue, users should upgrade Firelight Lightbox plugin to versions 2.3.15 or later. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3597.

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    13 May 2025 Project and Agile Management
    Kanboard: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Name Parameter in Project Creation Form

    In Kanboard versions 1.2.26 through 1.2.44 a low severity vulnerability CVE-2025-46825 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via the `name` parameter in the project creation form, potentially executing them in web pages viewed by other users if content security policies are misconfigured. To address this issue, users should upgrade Kanboard to versions 1.2.45. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46825.

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    13 May 2025 Business and Enterprise Solutions
    WordPress: Privilege Escalation via Missing Capability Check in Frontend Dashboard Plugin

    In Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress versions 1.0 to 2.2.7 a high severity vulnerability CVE-2025-4474 was detected. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to escalate privileges by overwriting the plugin’s ‘register’ role setting, making new user registrations default to the administrator role. To address this issue, users should upgrade Frontend Dashboard plugin to versions 2.2.8 or later. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4474.

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    12 May 2025 DevOps
    GitLab: OAuth Flow Bypass via Insufficient User Interaction Validation

    In GitLab CE/EE versions 17.3 before 17.9.8, 17.10 before 17.10.6 and 17.11 before 17.11.2 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-0549 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Device OAuth flow protections, enabling authorization form submission through minimal user interaction. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.9.8, 17.10.6 or 17.11.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0549.

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    12 May 2025 DevOps
    GitLab: Denial of Service via Malicious GitHub Import Payload

    In GitLab CE/EE versions 17.1 before 17.9.8, 17.10 before 17.10.6 and 17.11 before 17.11.2 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2024-8973 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition via GitHub import requests using a maliciously crafted payload. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.9.8, 17.10.6 or 17.11.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8973.

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    12 May 2025 Data Management and Analytics
    PostgreSQL: Denial of Service via Buffer Over-read in GB18030 Encoding Validation

    In PostgreSQL versions before 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18 and 13.21 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-4207 was detected. This vulnerability allows a database input provider to trigger a temporary denial of service by exploiting a buffer over-read in GB18030 encoding validation, potentially causing process termination on affected platforms and impacting both the database server and libpq. To address this issue, users should upgrade PostgreSQL to versions 17.5, 16.9, 15.13, 14.18 or 13.21. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4207.

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    12 May 2025 DevOps
    GitLab: IP Access Restriction Bypass via Improper Access Control

    In GitLab CE/EE versions 12.0 before 17.9.8, 17.10 before 17.10.6 and 17.11 before 17.11.2 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-1278 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass IP access restrictions and view sensitive information under certain conditions. To address this issue, users should upgrade GitLab CE/EE to versions 17.9.8, 17.10.6 or 17.11.2. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1278.

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    12 May 2025 Business and Enterprise Solutions
    WordPress: Stored XSS via Video Button and Countdown Widgets in Jeg Elementor Kit Plugin

    In the Jeg Elementor Kit plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 2.6.12 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-2944 was detected. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts via the plugin’s Video Button and Countdown Widgets, which, due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page. To address this issue, users should upgrade the Jeg Elementor Kit plugin to versions 2.6.13. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2944.

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    8 May 2025 DevOps
    Django: Denial-of-Service via Inefficient HTML Tag Stripping

    In Django versions 4.2 before 4.2.21, 5.1 before 5.1.9 and 5.2 before 5.2.1 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-32873 was detected. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service condition through slow performance by supplying large sequences of incomplete HTML tags to the `strip_tags()` function or the `striptags` template filter. To address this issue, users should upgrade Django to versions 4.2.21, 5.1.9 or 5.2.1. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32873.

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