CVE-2025-11687
Gi-docgen: reflected dom xss in gi-docgen
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Gi-docgen: reflected dom xss in gi-docgen
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
CVE-2025-11687- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206336
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
EUVD-2025-206336- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6p6h-rqr6-62mv
GI-DocGen vulnerable to Reflected XSS via unescaped query strings
A flaw was found in GI-DocGen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
GHSA-6p6h-rqr6-62mv- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
CVE-2025-11687- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Gi-docgen: reflected dom xss in gi-docgen
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
CVE-2025-11687- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-11687
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-11687- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-6p6h-rqr6-62mv
GI-DocGen vulnerable to Reflected XSS via unescaped query strings
A flaw was found in GI-DocGen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
GHSA-6p6h-rqr6-62mv- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-4316
gi-docgen security update
GI-DocGen is a document generator for GObject-based libraries. GObject is the base type system of the GNOME project. GI-Docgen reuses the introspection data generated by GObject-based libraries to generate the API reference of these libraries, as well as other ancillary documentation.
Security Fix(es):
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).(CVE-2025-11687)
- Record
OESA-2026-4316- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-4317
gi-docgen security update
GI-DocGen is a document generator for GObject-based libraries. GObject is the base type system of the GNOME project. GI-Docgen reuses the introspection data generated by GObject-based libraries to generate the API reference of these libraries, as well as other ancillary documentation.
Security Fix(es):
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).(CVE-2025-11687)
- Record
OESA-2026-4317- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-4318
gi-docgen security update
GI-DocGen is a document generator for GObject-based libraries. GObject is the base type system of the GNOME project. GI-Docgen reuses the introspection data generated by GObject-based libraries to generate the API reference of these libraries, as well as other ancillary documentation.
Security Fix(es):
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).(CVE-2025-11687)
- Record
OESA-2026-4318- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-4319
gi-docgen security update
GI-DocGen is a document generator for GObject-based libraries. GObject is the base type system of the GNOME project. GI-Docgen reuses the introspection data generated by GObject-based libraries to generate the API reference of these libraries, as well as other ancillary documentation.
Security Fix(es):
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).(CVE-2025-11687)
- Record
OESA-2026-4319- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-1402
GI-DocGen vulnerable to Reflected XSS via unescaped query strings
A flaw was found in GI-DocGen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
PYSEC-2026-1402- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-11687
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-11687- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-110336 No score
CVE-2025-11687 affecting package gi-docgen 2024.1-4
A flaw was found in the gi-docgen. This vulnerability allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the context of the page — enabling DOM access, session cookie theft and other client-side attacks — via a crafted URL that supplies a malicious value to the q GET parameter (reflected DOM XSS).
- Record
AZL-110336- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15634-1 No score
python3-gi-docgen-2025.5-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python3-gi-docgen-2025.5-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15634-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11185-1 No score
gi-docgen-2026.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the gi-docgen-2026.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11185-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:20497-1 No score
Security update for python-gi-docgen
This update for python-gi-docgen fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2025-11687: Fixed reflected DOM XSS (bsc#1251961)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:20497-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2026:21159-1 No score
Security update for python-gi-docgen
This update for python-gi-docgen fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2025-11687: Fixed reflected DOM XSS (bsc#1251961)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2026:21159-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gi-docgenPyPI |
before 2025.5 | 2025.5 |
gi-docgenAzure Linux:3 |
through 2024.1-4 | None known |
gi-docgenDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2023.1+ds-22023.1+ds-32023.1+ds-42023.1+ds-52023.3+ds-1 Show 6 moreShow less2024.1+ds-12024.1+ds-22025.3-12025.4-12025.5-12026.1-1 |
None known |
gi-docgenDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2025.3-12025.4-12025.5-12026.1-1 |
None known |
gi-docgenDebian:14 |
before 2025.5-1, plus listed versions 2025.3-12025.4-1 |
2025.5-1 |
gi-docgenPyPI |
before 2025.5, plus listed versions 2021.12021.22021.32021.42021.5 Show 11 moreShow less2021.62021.72021.82022.12022.22023.12023.22023.32024.12025.32025.4 |
2025.5 |
gi-docgenopenEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4 |
before 2022.1-2.oe2203sp4 | 2022.1-2.oe2203sp4 |
gi-docgenopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1 |
before 2023.1-2.oe2403sp1 | 2023.1-2.oe2403sp1 |
gi-docgenopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3 |
before 2023.1-2.oe2403sp3 | 2023.1-2.oe2403sp3 |
gi-docgenopenEuler:24.03-LTS-SP4 |
before 2023.1-2.oe2403sp4 | 2023.1-2.oe2403sp4 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
python-gi-docgenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 |
before 2025.5-160000.1.1 | 2025.5-160000.1.1 |
python-gi-docgenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 |
before 2025.5-160000.1.1 | 2025.5-160000.1.1 |
gi-docgenUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2021.8+ds1-22022.1+ds-1 |
None known |
gi-docgenUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2023.1+ds-32023.1+ds-42023.1+ds-52023.3+ds-1 |
None known |
gi-docgenUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2025.3-1 |
None known |
gi-docgenUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2026.1-1 |
None known |
gi-docgenUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 2025.3-12025.5-12026.1-1 |
None known |
python-gi-docgenopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2025.5-1.1 | 2025.5-1.1 |
gi-docgenopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2026.1-1.1 | 2026.1-1.1 |
python-gi-docgenopenSUSE:Leap 16.0 |
before 2025.5-160000.1.1 | 2025.5-160000.1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-11687 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in gi-docgen, published October 14, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. Fixed in gi-docgen 2025.5.
References
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11687
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2403536
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gi-docgen/-/issues/228
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11687
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6p6h-rqr6-62mv
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-11687
openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail?id=openEuler-SA-2026-4316
pypi.org/project/gi-docgen
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202621159-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1251961
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-11687
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11687