CVE-2025-11687 (GCVE-0-2025-11687)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-26 19:36 – Updated: 2026-01-26 21:02
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Title
Gi-docgen: reflected dom xss in gi-docgen
Summary
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , < 2025.5 (semver)
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