7.2

CVE-2025-31501: bestpractical request_tracker Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-31501DEBIAN-CVE-2025-31501
Published 28-05-2025Last modified 28-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-31501 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in bestpractical request_tracker. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DSA-5909-1USN-7692-1

Timeline

  1. 28-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Best Practical RT (Request Tracker) 5.0 through 5.0.7 allows XSS via JavaScript injection in an RT permalink.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Bestpractical2 products
Debian1 product
  • request-tracker5< 5.0.3+dfsg-3~deb12u3 | < 5.0.7+dfsg-3
Ubuntu1 product
  • request-tracker5< 5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1 | < 5.0.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links