CVE-2025-12120

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12120
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-12120.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-12120
Published
2025-11-20T16:38:29Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:29Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2025-12120
Details

Lite XL versions 2.1.8 and prior automatically execute the .lite_project.lua file when opening a project directory, without prompting the user for confirmation. The .lite_project.lua file is intended for project-specific configuration but can contain executable Lua logic. This behavior could allow execution of untrusted Lua code if a user opens a malicious project, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the Lite XL process.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "certcc",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/12xxx/CVE-2025-12120.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
0af4dae0e2748d6afe7bded41c13d96f627cb520
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.1.8"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "VersionTextExtraction"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:lite-xl:lite_xl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "2.1.8"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.06-subpixel-rc1
v1.*
v1.0
v1.01
v1.02
v1.03
v1.04
v1.05
v1.08-subpixel
v1.10-lite-xl
v1.11-lite-xl
v1.12-lite-xl
v1.13-lite-xl
v1.14-lite-xl
v1.14.1-lite-xl
v1.15-lite-xl
v1.16.0-lite-xl
v1.16.1-lite-xl
v1.16.10
v1.16.11
v1.16.2-lite-xl
v1.16.3-lite-xl
v1.16.4
v1.16.5
v1.16.6
v1.16.7
v1.16.8
v1.16.9
v1.16.9-dev-1
v2.*
v2.0-beta1
v2.0.0
v2.1.0
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.1.3
v2.1.3-rc1
v2.1.3-rc2
v2.1.4
v2.1.4-rc1
v2.1.5
v2.1.6
v2.1.7
v2.1.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-12120.json"