CVE-2025-59838lowCWE-79

CVE-2025-59838: low-severity vulnerability in monkeytypegame monkeytype

Monkeytype Vulnerable to Self-XSS on loading saved custom text

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8Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 2.4epss 0.3%
Monkeytype is a minimalistic and customizable typing test. In versions 25.36.0 and prior, improper handling of user input when loading a saved custom text results in XSS. This issue has been fixed in version 25.44.0.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N
Affected products
monkeytypegame · monkeytype
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