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High · 8.0 Public exploit CVE-2025-55287 EUVD-2025-25150

Genealogy has a stored XSS vulnerability

Published Aug 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 18, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Genealogy is a family tree PHP application. Prior to 4.4.0, Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the Genealogy application. Authenticated attackers could run arbitrary JavaScript in another user’s session, leading to session hijacking, data theft, and UI manipulation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
MGeurts genealogy < 4.4.0 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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