CVE-2025-9222 (GCVE-0-2025-9222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-09 10:04 – Updated: 2026-01-09 15:20
VLAI?
Title
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
Summary
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.2.2 before 18.5.5, 18.6 before 18.6.3, and 18.7 before 18.7.1 that could have allowed an authenticated user to achieve stored cross-site scripting by exploiting GitLab Flavored Markdown.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: 18.2.2 , < 18.5.5 (semver)
Affected: 18.6 , < 18.6.3 (semver)
Affected: 18.7 , < 18.7.1 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Thanks [yvvdwf](https://hackerone.com/yvvdwf) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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