What is CVE-2022-25978?

CVE-2022-25978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Usememos Memos, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-25978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Usememos Memos

CVE-2022-25978

All versions of the package github.com/usememos/memos/server are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) due to insufficient checks on external resources, which allows malicious actors to introduce links starting with a javascript: scheme.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Usememos Memos
Github.com/usememos/memos/server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMUSEMEMOSMEMOSSERVER-3319070 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/usememos/memos/commit/b11d2130a084385eb65c3761a3c841ebe9f81ae8 (Patch)
github.com/usememos/memos/issues/1026 (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25978?: CVE-2022-25978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Usememos Memos, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-25978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.