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CVE-2014-125131: DedeCMS 5.6 / 5.7 Reflected XSS via adminDirHand in config.php

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-20 · updated 2026-10-22
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

DedeCMS 5.6 and 5.7 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject script by supplying unsanitized input to the adminDirHand parameter. Attackers can send crafted GET requests to /include/dialog/config.php that close the generated script tag and inject JavaScript, which executes in the victim's browser. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-23.

Affected products

• DedeCMS: 5.6, 5.7

References

• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/dedecms/dedecms-config-xss.yaml
• https://www.cnblogs.com/milantgh/p/3615853.html
• https://www.dedecms.com/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dedecms-5.6-5.7-reflected-xss-via-admindirhand-in-config-php

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