CVE-2025-59035CWE-79

Indico vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via LaTeX math code

Medium · published September 10, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Indico is an event management system that uses Flask-Multipass, a multi-backend authentication system for Flask. Prior to version 3.3.8, there is a Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerability when rendering LaTeX math code in contribution or abstract descriptions. Users should to update to Indico 3.3.8 as soon as possible. As a workaround, only let trustworthy users create content on Indico. Note that a conference doing a Call for Abstracts actively invites external speakers (who the organizers may not know and thus cannot fully trust) to submit content, hence the need to update to a a fixed version ASAP in particular when using such workflows.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00206 · 10.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2025-09-10T16:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 SEP 16:03Z
    Indico vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via LaTeX math code
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