CVE-2025-60298: Xxyopen Novel-Plus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Novel-Plus up to 5.2.4 was discovered to contain a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the /author/updateIndexName endpoint. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through the indexName parameter, which gets stored in the database and executed when other users view the affected book chapter.

Affected products

• Xxyopen Novel-Plus: up to and including 5.2.4

Published 2025-10-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.