8.7
HIGH
CVE-2025-4700
GitLab CE/EE Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 23, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 23, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.8

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gitlab gitlab
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/542915
https://hackerone.com/reports/3120062

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-4700 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/542915
    Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/3120062
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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