CVE-2025-2255

HIGHNVD 8.78.7—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

8.7

An issue has been discovered in Gitlab EE/CE for AppSec affecting all versions from 13.5.0 before 17.8.6, 17.9 before 17.9.3, and 17.10 before 17.10.1. Certain error messages could allow Cross-Site Scripting attacks (XSS). for AppSec.

CVSS v3: 8.7
EG Score: 8.7(medium)
EPSS: 33.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

March 27, 2025

Last Modified

August 13, 2025

References (2)

cve@gitlabhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/524635
cve@gitlabhttps://hackerone.com/reports/2994150

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-2255(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

patch-release-gitlab-17-10-1-released
GitLab Security
GitLab Patch Release: 17.10.1, 17.9.3, 17.8.6

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 08:50 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 17:50 UTCOSV refresh
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-2255?

CVE-2025-2255 is a high vulnerability published on March 27, 2025. An issue has been discovered in Gitlab EE/CE for AppSec affecting all versions from 13.5.0 before 17.8.6, 17.9 before 17.9.3, and 17.10 before 17.10.1. Certain error messages could allow Cross-Site Scripting attacks (XSS). for AppSec.

When was CVE-2025-2255 disclosed?

CVE-2025-2255 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 27, 2025, with the most recent update on August 13, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-2255 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-2255 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 33.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-2255?

CVE-2025-2255 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-2255?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-2255, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2025-2255

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (2)

📣 Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-2255(1)

Weakness Classification(1)

Data Freshness Timeline

❓ Frequently asked(5)