# CVE-2025-61872

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 6.1).

## Description

Mahara before 25.04.2 and 24.04.11 are vulnerable to displaying results that can trigger XSS via a malicious search query string. This occurs in the 'search site' feature when using the Elasticsearch7 search plugin. The Elasticsearch function does not properly sanitize input in the query parameter.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-61872
- **Published:** 2026-04-24
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 6.1
- **CWE codes:** CWE-79

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61872

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2025-61872. Retrieved 2026-07-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2025-61872. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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