ubuntu-cve-2025-11687
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-01-26 20:16
Modified
2026-05-20 15:16
Summary
Details

A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "gi-docgen",
            "binary_version": "2022.1+ds-1"
          }
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      },
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gi-docgen@2022.1+ds-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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        "2023.1+ds-4",
        "2023.1+ds-5",
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "gi-docgen",
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      },
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gi-docgen@2025.3-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
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      },
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        }
      ],
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        "2025.3-1",
        "2025.5-1",
        "2026.1-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page \u2014 enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks \u2014 via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11687",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:16:01Z",
  "published": "2026-01-26T20:16:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11687"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11687"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/issues/228"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/merge_requests/254"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-11687"
  ]
}



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