RCE in Projectworlds Expense Management System

CVE-2025-12228

A vulnerability was identified in projectworlds Expense Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /public/admin/users/create of the component Users Page. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.4 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-12228: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
  • vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
  • vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • github.com/QIU-DIE/CVE/issues/9 (issue-tracking, Exploit, exploit, Issue Tracking, broken-link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12228?
CVE-2025-12228 is a low-severity vulnerability in Projectworlds Expense Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 2.4/10. Published 2025-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-12228?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.4 out of 10.