An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 18.0 before 18.0.2. Under certain conditions html injection in new search page could lead to account takeover.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gitlab
  • Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18169 An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 18.0 before 18.0.2. Under certain conditions html injection in new search page could lead to account takeover.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.0.2 or above.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/539198 cve-icon cve-icon
https://hackerone.com/reports/3085738 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0002}

 epss

{'score': 0.00028}

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00018}

 epss

{'score': 0.0002}

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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Description An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with 18.0 before 18.0.2. Under certain conditions html injection in new search page could lead to account takeover.
Title Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-80
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-12T13:43:54.714Z

Reserved: 2025-05-05T04:30:45.818Z

Link: CVE-2025-4278

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-12T13:43:48.765Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-12T10:16:39.200

Modified: 2025-08-08T18:23:29.080

Link: CVE-2025-4278

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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