GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-14560. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 18.6.5/18.7.3/18.8.3. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 18.6.6, 18.7 before 18.7.4, and 18.8 before 18.8.4 that, under certain conditions could have allowed an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of another user by injecting malicious content into vulnerability code flow.

The weakness was shared by joaxcar. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-14560 since 12/12/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 298787 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14560), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 18.6.6, 18.7.4 or 18.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (298787). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 298787
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14560

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 18.6.6/18.7.4/18.8.4

Timelineinfo

12/12/2025 CVE reserved
02/11/2026 +61 days Advisory disclosed
02/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/13/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: joaxcar
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-14560 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345459

Entryinfo

Created: 02/11/2026 13:08
Updated: 02/13/2026 18:56
Changes: 02/11/2026 13:08 (65), 02/12/2026 21:50 (2), 02/13/2026 18:56 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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