CVE-2025-2255

HIGHNVD 8.78.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-03-27. NVD baseline CVSS 8.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.7
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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
19.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 27, 2025

Last Modified

August 13, 2025

References (2)

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 48× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 06:21 UTCOSV refresh
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  39. 2026-05-30 08:50 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-05-30 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-05-29 17:50 UTCOSV refresh
  42. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore

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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 19.9% 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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