CVE-2021-39878

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Published Oct 5, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A stored Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Jira integration in GitLab version 13.0 up to 14.3.1 allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary javascript code.

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
`>=13.0, <14.1.7`	affected	—
`>=14.2, <14.2.5`	affected	—
`>=14.3, <14.3.1`	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

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26235	A stored Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Jira integration in GitLab version 13.0 up to 14.3.1 allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary javascript code.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

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: < 1% (0.805% 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-2021-39878.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/334043
https://hackerone.com/reports/1194254

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:20 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Oct 5, 2021, 12:17 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:20 AM
Reserved: Aug 23, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 5, 2021, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:04 AM

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