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CVE-2025-12120: lite xl through 2.1.8 (inclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2025-12120. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.3 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00329 (percentile 0.24463), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
lite xl · through 2.1.8 (inclusive)
lite-xl
Lite XL · 2.1.8 and earlier
Lite XL
Description’s affected range: versions 2.1.8 and prior automatically execute the .lite_project.lua file when opening a project directory
Component: Not specified by the source
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required
What an attacker can do
The source reports that an attacker could run attacker-chosen code under the conditions described by the source. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-94
- CCR priority
- 29.3 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00329 · percentile 0.24463 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 14:02:10.907757+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-12120.html