{"id":"CVE-2025-12120","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-12120","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:19.857Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2025-11-20T17:15:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T13:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["lite-xl/lite xl"],"epss":{"score":0.0033,"percentile":0.26027,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/lite-xl/lite-xl/pull/2164","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579478","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12120","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}