CVE-2025-40842

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-25. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 versions prior to 2025.Q3 contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability which, if exploited, can lead to unauthorized disclosure and modification of certain information.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 25, 2026

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

References (2)

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 23× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-16 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-08-14 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  18. 2026-08-10 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-08-09 06:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-07 16:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-08-06 01:03 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-06 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  29. 2026-08-03 23:50 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-03 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  39. 2026-07-27 14:25 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-07-27 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-40842?
CVE-2025-40842 is a medium vulnerability published on March 25, 2026. Ericsson Indoor Connect 8855 versions prior to 2025.Q3 contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability which, if exploited, can lead to unauthorized disclosure and modification of certain information.
When was CVE-2025-40842 disclosed?
CVE-2025-40842 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 25, 2026, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-40842 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-40842 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-40842?
CVE-2025-40842 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-40842?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-40842, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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