Debian Linux - gi-docgen - None

Ubuntu Linux - [Unknown description]

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1247 advisory.

    gi-docgen does not encode search terms before inserting them into HTML, allowing XSS via a crafted URL.
    Description obtained from: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/issues/228 (CVE-2025-11687)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Debian Linux - gi-docgen - None  Ubuntu Linux - [Unknown description] (CVE-2025-11687)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-86cf4f2eed advisory.

    ## gi-docgen 2025.5 - 2025-10-11

    This is a security fix for CVE-2025-11687. The severity of this issue depends on what else is hosted on     the same domain as the docs. XSS on a website that hosts only gi-docgen docs and nothing else is likely     harmless.

    Fixed
    -----

    - Make sure to escape query strings


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-b4184a589e advisory.

    ## gi-docgen 2025.5 - 2025-10-11

    This is a security fix for CVE-2025-11687. The severity of this issue depends on what else is hosted on     the same domain as the docs. XSS on a website that hosts only gi-docgen docs and nothing else is likely     harmless.

    Fixed
    -----

    - Make sure to escape query strings


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-52dc5ac7d9 advisory.

    ## gi-docgen 2025.5 - 2025-10-11

    This is a security fix for CVE-2025-11687. The severity of this issue depends on what else is hosted on     the same domain as the docs. XSS on a website that hosts only gi-docgen docs and nothing else is likely     harmless.

    Fixed
    -----

    - Make sure to escape query strings


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
271761	Amazon Linux 2023 : (ALAS2023-2025-1247)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
271521	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-11687	Nessus	Misc.	critical
271457	Fedora 43 : gi-docgen (2025-86cf4f2eed)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
270835	Fedora 42 : gi-docgen (2025-b4184a589e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
270822	Fedora 41 : gi-docgen (2025-52dc5ac7d9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2025-11687

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

critical

medium

medium

medium