CVE-2025-54384
CKAN vulnerable to stored XSS in resource description
6.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.03%
Description
### Impact The `helpers.markdown_extract()` function did not perform sufficient sanitization of input data before wrapping in an HTML literal element. This helper is used to render user-provided data on dataset, resource, organization or group pages (plus any page provided by an extension that used that helper function), leading to a potential XSS vector. ### Patches This vulnerability has been fixed in CKAN 2.10.9 and 2.11.4
How to fix CVE-2025-54384
To remediate CVE-2025-54384, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.11.4 or later
Is CVE-2025-54384 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.11.0, < 2.11.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |