CVE-2025-27506
NocoDB Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting on Reset Password Page
Description
### Summary The API endpoint related to the password reset function is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting. ### Details Throughout the source-code analysis, it has been found that the endpoint /api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/:tokenId is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting. The flaw occurs due to implementation of the client-side template engine ejs, specifically on file resetPassword.ts where the template is using the insecure function “<%-“ https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/ui/auth/resetPassword.ts#L71 which is rendered by the function renderPasswordReset: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts#L251 ### PoC Send the request below to a vulnerable instance: `/api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/asdsad%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%31%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E/`  ### Impact The vulnerability affect end-users, allowing an attacker to craft and send a malicious link to the victim which leads running script on their browser. ### Credits [l34k3d](https://github.com/xL34K3D) [ottoboni](https://github.com/gabrielott)
How to fix CVE-2025-27506
To remediate CVE-2025-27506, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.258.0 or later
Is CVE-2025-27506 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.258.0