# CVE-2025-64174: OpenMage is vulnerable to XSS in Admin Notifications

- Also known as: GHSA-QV78-C8HC-438R
- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 20.16.0
- Published: 2025-11-06 · Updated: 2025-11-06

## Affected

- OpenMage magento-lts: fixed in 20.16.0
- openmage/magento-lts (Packagist): fixed in 20.16.0

## Description

Magento-lts is a long-term support alternative to Magento Community Edition (CE). Versions 20.15.0 and below are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by an admin with direct database access or the admin notification feed source to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable fields. Unescaped translation strings and URLs are printed into contexts inside app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Notification/Grid/Renderer/Actions.php. A malicious translation or polluted data can inject script. This issue is fixed in version 20.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenMage magento-lts, openmage/magento-lts, upgrade to a fixed version (20.16.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/security/advisories/GHSA-qv78-c8hc-438r
- https://github.com/OpenMage/magento-lts/commit/9d604f5489851c54a96fca31b0e13c414b0fb20a

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