An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.10 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under specific circumstances, could have potentially allowed a successful attacker to trigger unintended content rendering leading to XSS.
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to versions 18.0.5, 18.1.3, 18.2.1 or above.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.2:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:18.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:45:00 +0000

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Description An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.10 before 18.0.5, 18.1 before 18.1.3, and 18.2 before 18.2.1 that, under specific circumstances, could have potentially allowed a successful attacker to trigger unintended content rendering leading to XSS.
Title Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
First Time appeared Gitlab
Gitlab gitlab
Weaknesses CWE-79
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: 2025-07-25T03:55:22.419Z

Reserved: 2025-05-15T06:30:53.222Z

Link: CVE-2025-4700

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-23T17:46:10.836Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-23T18:15:27.750

Modified: 2025-08-08T18:26:58.333

Link: CVE-2025-4700

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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