GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx — dcat/laravel-admin
MEDIUMGHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in dcat/laravel-admin. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
Dcat-Admin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,145 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
dcat/laravel-admin🐘dcat/laravel-adminReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Dcat-Admin v2.2.0-beta and v2.2.2-beta contains a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via /admin/auth/menu and /admin/auth/extensions.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | dcat/laravel-admin | all versions | No fix |
| 🐘Packagist | dcat/laravel-admin | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for dcat/laravel-admin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of dcat/laravel-admin has shipped for GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
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.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-37x3-j9jq-vrjx across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.