Bug 2390429 (CVE-2025-54812) - CVE-2025-54812 log4cxx: Log4cxx HTMLLayout XSS Vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2025-54812 log4cxx: Log4cxx HTMLLayout XSS Vulnerability
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-54812
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2393059 2393058 2393060 2393061 2393062
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-08-22 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-09-04 07:13 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-08-22 19:01:28 UTC
Improper Output Neutralization for Logs vulnerability in Apache Log4cxx.


When using HTMLLayout, logger names are not properly escaped when writing out to the HTML file.
If untrusted data is used to retrieve the name of a logger, an attacker could theoretically inject HTML or Javascript in order to hide information from logs or steal data from the user.
In order to activate this, the following sequence must occur:



  *  Log4cxx is configured to use HTMLLayout.

  *  Logger name comes from an untrusted string

  *  Logger with compromised name logs a message

  *  User opens the generated HTML log file in their browser, leading to potential XSS


Because logger names are generally constant strings, we assess the impact to users as LOW


This issue affects Apache Log4cxx: before 1.5.0.


Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.5.0, which fixes the issue.


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