CVE-2021-22238

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Published Aug 20, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 71.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 13.3. GitLab was vulnerable to a stored XSS by using the design feature in issues.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`>=14.1, <14.1.2`	affected	—
`>=14.0, <14.0.7`	affected	—
`>13.3, <13.12.9`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9384	An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 13.3. GitLab was vulnerable to a stored XSS by using the design feature in issues.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 71.8% (71.787% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22238.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/332420
https://hackerone.com/reports/1212067

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:37 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Aug 20, 2021, 5:39 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:37 PM
Reserved: Jan 5, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 20, 2021, 6:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM

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