CVE-2022-4092 (GCVE-0-2022-4092)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-01 17:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.1. It was possible to create a malicious README page due to improper neutralisation of user supplied input.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-01 17:34 UTC
CWE
- Improper enforcement of message or data structure in GitLab
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
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