CVE-2025-6186

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.1 before 18.1.4, and 18.2 before 18.2.2 that could have allowed authenticated users to achieve account takeover by injecting malicious HTML into work item names.

CVSS v3 8.7 HIGH

8.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/549844	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/3189522	Permissions Required

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-13 18:15

Updated : 2025-08-15 16:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-6186

Mitre link : CVE-2025-6186

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-6186

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-79

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

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