GHSA-6P6H-RQR6-62MV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-26 21:30 – Updated: 2026-01-27 21:04
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Summary
GI-DocGen vulnerable to Reflected XSS via unescaped query strings
Details

A flaw was found in 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
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "gi-docgen"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2025.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-11687"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-27T21:04:10Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-26T20:16:07Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in GI-DocGen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page \u2014 enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks \u2014 via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).",
  "id": "GHSA-6p6h-rqr6-62mv",
  "modified": "2026-01-27T21:04:10Z",
  "published": "2026-01-26T21:30:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11687"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11687"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2403536"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/GNOME/gi-docgen"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/commit/65d16b8ac178900602da540c8f5df4f52d5e8cf6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/issues/228"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "GI-DocGen vulnerable to Reflected XSS via unescaped query strings"
}


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