CVE-2025-60378
📋 TL;DR
Authenticated users in RISE Ultimate Project Manager & CRM can inject malicious HTML into invoices and messages. This content renders in emails, PDFs, and chat modules sent to clients or team members, enabling phishing attacks and credential theft. The vulnerability affects all organizations using vulnerable versions of this software.
💻 Affected Systems
- RISE Ultimate Project Manager & CRM
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could send convincing phishing emails from legitimate business accounts, leading to widespread credential theft, financial fraud, and business email compromise affecting multiple clients.
Likely Case
Authenticated malicious insiders or compromised accounts inject phishing links into invoices/messages, tricking recipients into revealing credentials or making fraudulent payments.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, HTML injection would be neutralized, preventing malicious content from executing in recipient contexts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple - just injecting HTML into vulnerable fields. GitHub repository contains proof-of-concept.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: http://rise.com
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check vendor website for security updates. 2. Apply any available patches. 3. Verify input validation and output encoding are properly implemented.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Input Validation
allAdd server-side validation to sanitize HTML content in invoice and message fields
Enable Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict execution of injected scripts
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict user permissions to prevent unauthorized users from creating/modifying invoices and messages
- Monitor outgoing emails and PDFs for suspicious HTML content or phishing indicators
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by injecting simple HTML like <b>test</b> into invoice description or message fields and check if it renders in outputCheck Version:
Check application version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt HTML injection after patch - injected content should be displayed as plain text, not rendered📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual HTML patterns in invoice/message creation logs
- Multiple invoice/message edits by single user in short time
Network Indicators:
- Outgoing emails with suspicious HTML content
- PDF generation with embedded scripts
SIEM Query:
search 'invoice creation' OR 'message sent' AND contains('<script>' OR 'javascript:' OR 'onclick=')