CVE-2023-0523

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Published Apr 5, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.8.5, 15.9 before 15.9.4, and 15.10 before 15.10.1. An XSS was possible via a malicious email address for certain instances.

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
`>=15.6, <15.8.5`	affected	—
`>=15.9, <15.9.4`	affected	—
`>=15.10, <15.10.1`	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:15.10.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.10.0::::enterprise:::

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.642% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0523.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/389487
https://hackerone.com/reports/1842867

History

Feb 10, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 10, 2025, 9:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Apr 5, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 10, 2025, 9:09 PM
Reserved: Jan 26, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:17 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:17 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 5, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

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Red Hat No data

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OpenCVE enrichment No data

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