# CVE-2025-68927: Improper Neutralization of HTML Tags in a Web Page in libredesk

- Also known as: GO-2025-4243, GHSA-WH6M-H6F4-RJF4
- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.6-beta
- Published: 2025-12-27 · Updated: 2025-12-29

## Affected

- abhinavxd libredesk: fixed in 0.8.6-beta
- github.com/abhinavxd/libredesk (Go): all versions
- github.com/abhinavxd/libredesk (Go): fixed in 0.8.6-beta

## Description

Libredesk is a self-hosted customer support desk. Prior to version 0.8.6-beta, LibreDesk is vulnerable to stored HTML injection in the contact notes feature. When adding notes via POST /api/v1/contacts/{id}/notes, the backend automatically wraps user input in <p> tags. However, by intercepting the request and removing the <p> tag, an attacker can inject arbitrary HTML elements such as forms and images, which are then stored and rendered without proper sanitization. This can lead to phishing, CSRF-style forced actions, and UI redress attacks. This issue has been patched in version 0.8.6-beta.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on abhinavxd libredesk, github.com/abhinavxd/libredesk, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.6-beta) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/abhinavxd/libredesk/security/advisories/GHSA-wh6m-h6f4-rjf4
- https://github.com/abhinavxd/libredesk/commit/270347849943ac6a43e9fd6ebdc99c71841900eb

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