CVE-2025-31687 — spamspan
MEDIUMCVE-2025-31687 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in drupal/spamspan. A fix is available for drupal/spamspan — see the affected versions and patch details below.
SpamSpan filter - Moderately critical - Cross Site Scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2025-016
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- 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-2025-31687.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Drupal SpamSpan filter allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects SpamSpan filter: from 0.0.0 before 3.2.1.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | drupal/spamspan | all versions | 3.2.1composer require drupal/spamspan:^3.2.1 |
Affected Products
spamspan filterdrowlDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for drupal/spamspan, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update drupal/spamspan to 3.2.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-31687 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
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