GitLab 17.2 < 17.6.4 / 17.7 < 17.7.3 / 17.8 < 17.8.1 (CVE-2025-0314)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 214564

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Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the Asciidoctor render.
A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website. (CVE-2025-0314)

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

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 17.6.4, 17.7.3, 17.8.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 214564

File Name: gitlab_cve-2025-0314.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/6/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0314

IAVA: 2025-A-0065-S

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