CVE-2023-2442

Published: 7 June 2023

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.4

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
gitlab Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Ignored (end of standard support)
	focal	Does not exist
	jammy	Does not exist
	kinetic	Does not exist
	lunar	Does not exist
	mantic	Does not exist
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.4
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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