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FKIE_CVE-2021-22242

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-25 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:36

Severity

8.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

Insufficient input sanitization in Mermaid markdown in GitLab CE/EE version 11.4 and up allows an attacker to exploit a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via a specially-crafted markdown

References

URL	Tags
cve@gitlab.com	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22242.json	Vendor Advisory
cve@gitlab.com	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332528	Broken Link
cve@gitlab.com	https://hackerone.com/reports/1212822	Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22242.json	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332528	Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://hackerone.com/reports/1212822	Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*

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CVE-2021-22242 (GCVE-0-2021-22242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-25 18:38 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37

Summary

Insufficient input sanitization in Mermaid markdown in GitLab CE/EE version 11.4 and up allows an attacker to exploit a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via a specially-crafted markdown

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in GitLab

Assigner

GitLab mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332528	x_refsource_MISC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1212822	x_refsource_MISC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitLab	GitLab	Affected: >=11.4, <13.12.9 Affected: >=14.0, <14.0.7 Affected: >=14.1, <14.1.2

Credits

Thanks @saleemrashid for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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CVE-2021-22242 (GCVE-0-2021-22242)

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