CVE-2022-2904 (GCVE-0-2022-2904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-02 18:47
VLAI
Summary
A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.5, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.4, all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.4.1 It was possible to exploit a vulnerability in the external status checks feature which could lead to a stored XSS that allowed attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims at client side.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in GitLab
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=15.4, <15.4.1
Affected: >=15.3, <15.3.4
Affected: >=15.2, <15.2.5
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Credits
Thanks [yvvdwf](https://hackerone.com/yvvdwf) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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