CVE-2025-4278
highpriority · track · 4EPSS 0.109 · 96 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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weaknesses
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affected products (10)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1315GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-06-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, und um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen.
- BIT-gitlab-2025-4278Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in GitLab2025-06-14vendor · osvUS
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.
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sources
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references (8)
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- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/Patchcnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/539198cnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3085738cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4278cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/539198enisa_euvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3085738enisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/539198Broken Linknvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/3085738Permissions Requirednvd
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