VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-8778
GitLab before 8.14.9, 8.15.x before 8.15.6, and 8.16.x before 8.16.5 has XSS via a SCRIPT element in an issue attachment or avatar that is an SVG document.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.88%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
GitLab before 8.14.9, 8.15.x before 8.15.6, and 8.16.x before 8.16.5 has XSS via a SCRIPT element in an issue attachment or avatar that is an SVG document.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.88% probability · 59th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/15/gitlab-8-dot-16-dot-5-security-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27471Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/15/gitlab-8-dot-16-dot-5-security-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27471Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.