CVE-2024-4901 (GCVE-0-2024-4901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-26 23:31 – Updated: 2024-09-17 17:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
Summary
An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 prior to 16.11.5, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.3, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.1, where a stored XSS vulnerability could be imported from a project with malicious commit notes.
Severity
8.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-28 03:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/461773 | issue-trackingpermissions-required |
| https://hackerone.com/reports/2500163 | technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required |
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