Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Harvest Chosen 1.8.0 through 1.8.6 has a low-severity cross-site scripting issue in how group labels are handled. The likely business impact is limited integrity risk in affected web pages, not data theft or outage based on the supplied CVSS. It matters most where authenticated users can influence labels rendered by Chosen.
Executive priority
Treat this as routine remediation unless Chosen is used in authenticated workflows where users can influence dropdown group labels. The fix is available, the severity is low, and there is no supplied evidence of active exploitation. Include it in dependency upgrade work rather than emergency response.
Technical view
CVE-2018-25050 is CWE-79 in AbstractChosen in coffee/lib/abstract-chosen.coffee. Manipulating group_label can lead to XSS. The CVSS 3.1 score is 3.5 with network access, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to applications bundling Harvest Chosen versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.6 and rendering attacker-influenced group labels. Applications not using Chosen, using version 1.8.7, or only rendering trusted static group labels are less likely to be affected.
Exploitation context
The sources state the attack may be remote and requires privileges and user interaction. KEV is false, and the supplied sources do not state active exploitation. Public details identify the vulnerable argument and the patch, but do not justify treating this as an urgent exploitation event.
Researcher notes
The source bundle attributes the flaw to AbstractChosen handling of group_label and names commit 77fd031d541e77510268d1041ed37798fdd1017e as the patch. Evidence is sufficient for affected-version and remediation guidance, but incomplete for exploit prevalence, real-world exploitation, or downstream bundled product impact.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Harvest Chosen to version 1.8.7 or later.
- Confirm the referenced patch is present in deployed assets.
- Avoid rendering untrusted data as Chosen group labels until upgraded.
- Prioritize applications where authenticated users control grouped select labels.
Validation and detection
- Inventory frontend dependencies for Chosen versions 1.8.0 through 1.8.6.
- Check package locks, vendored files, and built assets for Harvest Chosen.
- Identify pages using grouped select elements populated from user-controlled data.
- Confirm production serves Chosen 1.8.7 or the referenced patch.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 3.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N2.11.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
3.5LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216956CVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216956CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/pull/2997CVE reference · issue-tracking
- https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/commit/77fd031d541e77510268d1041ed37798fdd1017eCVE reference · patch
- https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/releases/tag/v1.8.7CVE reference · patch
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.