CVE-2025-65956

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 3.1

5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-79

Published

2025-11-26

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• formwork_project:formwork

References

• https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/4abcd60ae7692b46d316f956b0b20fb85336f3b2
• https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/pull/791
• https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pj
• https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pj

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