CVE-2025-6948 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-6948

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.11 before 17.11.6, 18.0 before 18.0.4, and 18.1 before 18.1.2 that, under certain conditions, could have allowed a successful attacker to execute actions on behalf of users by injecting malicious content.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Thanks [yvvdwf](https://hackerone.com/yvvdwf) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
17.11, 18.0, 18.1

Timeline

Official Publish: July 10th, 2025
Last Modified: February 26th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007 JavaScript
Execution
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001 Defacement
Impact