Client-side code execution via unsanitized pathnames
Published Aug 27, 2025 · Updated Aug 27, 2025
Reflected XSS in Gitblit 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a victim's browser through a crafted repository path URL. The log, history, blob, and blame views place untrusted filename and path elements into generated pages without sufficient sanitization. Exploitation requires a victim to open the manipulated URL and runs code in that victim's Gitblit browser context.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Gitblit 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a victim's browser through a crafted repository path URL. The log, history, blob, and blame views place untrusted filename and path elements into generated pages without sufficient sanitization. Exploitation requires a victim to open the manipulated URL and runs code in that victim's Gitblit browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-50978
- Published
- Aug 27, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Gitblit 1.7.1 reflected XSS via filenames proofproof of concept · demonstrated
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