Vulnerability · Published Oct 17, 2022 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2022-2865

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in GitLab from GitLab. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.1.6, 15.2 to 15.2.4 and 15.3 prior to 15.3.2. It was possible to exploit a vulnerability in setting the labels colour feature which could lead to a stored XSS that allowed attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims at client side.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GitLab GitLab >=9.0, <15.1.6>=15.2, <15.2.4>=15.3, <15.3.2

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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