CVE-2025-25296 PoC — Label Studio allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via GET request to `/projects/upload-example` endpoint

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-25296.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title:Label Studio allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via GET request to `/projects/upload-example` endpoint (CVE-2025-25296)
Description:Label Studio is an open source data labeling tool. Prior to version 1.16.0, Label Studio's `/projects/upload-example` endpoint allows injection of arbitrary HTML through a `GET` request with an appropriately crafted `label_config` query parameter. By crafting a specially formatted XML label config with inline task data containing malicious HTML/JavaScript, an attacker can achieve Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). While the application has a Content Security Policy (CSP), it is only set in report-only mode, making it ineffective at preventing script execution. The vulnerability exists because the upload-example endpoint renders user-provided HTML content without proper sanitization on a GET request. This allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers by getting them to visit a maliciously crafted URL. This is considered vulnerable because it enables attackers to execute JavaScript in victims' contexts, potentially allowing theft of sensitive data, session hijacking, or other malicious actions. Version 1.16.0 contains a patch for the issue.

Description

Label Studio prior to version 1.16.0 contains a cross-site scripting caused by rendering unsanitized user-provided HTML in the /projects/upload-example endpoint, letting attackers execute arbitrary JavaScript via crafted label_config in a GET request, exploit requires victims to visit malicious URL.

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