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CVE-2025-7734 (GCVE-0-2025-7734)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 17:26 – Updated: 2025-08-13 20:35
VLAI
Title
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 14.2 before 18.0.6, 18.1 before 18.1.4 and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed a successful attacker to execute actions on behalf of users by injecting malicious content.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-13 20:35 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/556090 issue-trackingpermissions-required
https://hackerone.com/reports/3247096 technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: 14.2 , < 18.0.6 (semver)
Affected: 18.1 , < 18.1.4 (semver)
Affected: 18.2 , < 18.2.2 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [joaxcar](https://hackerone.com/joaxcar) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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