Is CVE-2025-65956 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-65956 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-65956?

CVE-2025-65956 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-65956?

CVE-2025-65956 has an EPSS score of 0.17% (7th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-65956?

Upgrade formwork to 2.2.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-65956

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). Prior to version 2.2.0, inserting unsanitized data into the blog tag field results in stored cross‑site scripting (XSS). Any user with credentials to the Formwork CMS who accesses or edits an affected blog post will have attacker‑controlled script executed in their browser. The issue is persistent and impacts privileged administrative workflows. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

formworkNVD

Affected:< 2.2.0Fixed in:2.2.0CVE-2025-65956derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-12-03.