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CVE-2025-12121: lite xl through 2.1.8 (inclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2025-12121. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.3 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00362 (percentile 0.28491), 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
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: was
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · User interaction required
What an attacker can do
If an attacker could influence input to system.exec, they might execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Lite XL process. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-78
- 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
- 0.00362 · percentile 0.28491 · 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-2025-12121.html