CVE-2025-62528 — taguette
MEDIUMCVE-2025-62528 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in taguette. A fix is available for taguette — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Taguette cross-site scripting vulnerability via tag name, tag description, document name and document description
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-2025-62528.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Taguette is an open source qualitative research tool. An issue has been discovered in Taguette versions prior to 1.5.0. It was possible for a project member to put JavaScript in name or description fields which would run on project load. This issue has been patched in version 1.5.0.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | taguette | all versions | 1.5.0pip install --upgrade 'taguette==1.5.0' |
Affected Products
taguettetaguetteDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for taguette, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update taguette to 1.5.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-62528 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-2025-62528 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.