# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-52478"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-08-19T16:32:34.949Z"
updatedAt: "2025-08-19T19:18:13.300Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:39.058Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-52478"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-52478.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52478"
title: "Stored XSS in n8n Form Trigger allows Account Takeover via injected iframe and video/source"
summary: "n8n is a workflow automation platform. From 1.77.0 to before 1.98.2, a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in n8n, specifically in the Form Trigger node's HTML form element. An authenticated attacker can inject malicious HTML via an \u003ciframe\u003e with a srcdoc payload that includes arbitrary JavaScript execution. The attacker can also inject malicious Javascript by using \u003cvideo\u003e coupled \u003csource\u003e using an onerror event. While using iframe or a combination of video and source tag, this vulnerability allows for Account Takeover (ATO) by exfiltrating n8n-browserId and session cookies from authenticated users who visit a maliciously crafted form. Using these tokens and cookies, an attacker can impersonate the victim and change account details such as email addresses, enabling full control over the account—especially if 2FA is not enabled. Users should upgrade to version \u003e= 1.98.2."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003e= 1.77.0, \u003c 1.98.2","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"n8n-io","product":"n8n"}]

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