CVE-2023-2164CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

Medium · published August 1, 2023

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it medium at 5.4. It sits in the 99.3th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
66%
Percentile
99.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.9 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for an attacker to trigger a stored XSS vulnerability via user interaction with a crafted URL in the WebIDE beta.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.66337 · 99.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2023-08-01T23:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 AUG 23:36Z
    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab
    cvelistv5