Medium 5.4Published Nov 26, 2025

CVE-2025-65956Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS).

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:30 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

formwork_project formwork formwork_project:formwork	before 2.2.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/4abcd60ae7692b46d316f956b0b20fb85336f3b2patch
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/pull/791issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pjexploit, third-party-advisory

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