Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2025
CVE-2025-14046
Insufficient HTML Sanitization Allows User-Controlled DOM Elements to Overwrite Server-Initialized Data Islands and Trigger Unintended Server-Side POST Requests
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper neutralization of input vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed user-supplied HTML to inject DOM elements with IDs that collided with server-initialized data islands. These collisions could overwrite or shadow critical application state objects used by certain Project views, leading to unintended server-side POST requests or other unauthorized backend interactions. Successful exploitation requires an attacker to have access to the target GitHub Enterprise Server instance and to entice a privileged user to view crafted malicious content that includes conflicting HTML elements. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.18.3, 3.17.9, 3.16.12, 3.15.16, and 3.14.21.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Enterprise Server · GitHub
3.18.0 through 3.18.2; 3.17.0 through 3.17.8; 3.16.0 through 3.16.11; 3.15.0 through 3.15.15; 3.14.0 through 3.14.20 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14046
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14046
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.14/admin/release-notes#3.14.21
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.15/admin/release-notes#3.15.16
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.16/admin/release-notes#3.16.12
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.17/admin/release-notes#3.17.9
Release Notes
https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.18/admin/release-notes#3.18.3
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