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CVE-2025-15265

MEDIUM

svelte vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Also known asGHSA-6738-r8g5-qwp3
Published
Jan 15, 2026
Updated
Mar 14, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk22th percentile+0.28%
0.00%0.27%0.53%0.80%0.0%0.3%Feb 26May 26Jun 26

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

sveltenpm
4.7Mdownloads / week

Description

An SSR XSS exists in async hydration when attacker‑controlled keys are passed to hydratable. The key is embedded inside a <script> block without HTML‑safe escaping, allowing </script> to terminate the script and inject arbitrary JavaScript. This enables remote script execution in users' browsers, with potential for session theft and account compromise. This issue affects Svelte: from 5.46.0 before 5.46.3.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmsvelte5.46.0&&< 5.46.45.46.4

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for svelte. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update svelte to 5.46.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-15265 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2025-15265 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2025-15265. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

An SSR XSS exists in async hydration when attacker‑controlled keys are passed to hydratable. The key is embedded inside a <script> block without HTML‑safe escaping, allowing </script> to terminate the script and inject arbitrary JavaScript. This enables remote script execution in users' browsers, with potential for session theft and account compromise. This issue affects Svelte: from 5.46.0 before 5.46.3.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2025-15265 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2025-15265 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.