# CVE-2025-28254: Leantime affected by Improper Neutralization of HTML Tags

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-28254-leantime-affected-by-improper-neutralization-of-html-tags  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-02-21  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-28254 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-02-21

Leantime affected by Improper Neutralization of HTML Tags

Technologies: [leantime/leantime (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/leantime-leantime). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-28254 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-28254 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-28254?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 21 February 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** leantime/leantime (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-28254?** Yes. leantime/leantime (Packagist): upgrade to 3.3 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-28254?** Check whether you run leantime/leantime (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- leantime/leantime (Packagist): upgrade to 3.3 or later

  ```sh
  composer require leantime/leantime:^3.3
  ```


## Affected products

- leantime/leantime (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3.3

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-28254
- GHSA-95j3-435g-vjcp

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