CVE-2025-13744 Cross-site scripting in Enterprise Server
Attacker with entity creation permissions can inject malicious HTML into search filters to exfiltrate sensitive information from GitHub Enterprise Server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13744?
CVE-2025-13744 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Github Enterprise Server, published on 6 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that allowed attacker controlled HTML to be rendered by the Filter component (search) across GitHub that could be used to exfiltrate sensitive information. An attacker would require permissions to create or modify the names of milestones, issues, pull requests, or similar entities that are rendered in the vulnerable filter/search components. This vulnerability affected all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server prior to 3.20 and was fixed in versions 3.19.1, and 3.18.2, 3.17.8, 3.16.11, 3.15.15, and 3.14.20. This vulnerability was reported via the GitHub Bug Bounty program.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13744?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Github Enterprise Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13744?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13744 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-13744 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13744 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9crm-342q-wg6v.