CVE-2025-31128 — gifplayer
Fix: rubentd/gifplayer@2966193CVE-2025-31128 is a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gifplayer. A fix is available for gifplayer — see the affected versions and patch details below.
gifplayer XSS vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-31128.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
gifplayernpmDescription
gifplayer is a customizable jquery plugin to play and stop animated gifs. gifplayer contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.7.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | gifplayer | all versions | 0.3.7npm install gifplayer@0.3.7 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gifplayer, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update gifplayer to 0.3.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-31128 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-31128 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.