CVE-2023-2442

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Published Jun 7, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 8.7 High EPSS 96.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

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
`>=15.11, <15.11.7`	affected	—
`>=16.0, <16.0.2`	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:::*

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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 High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 96.1% (96.058% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2442.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409346
https://hackerone.com/reports/1965750

History

Jan 7, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 7, 2025, 4:29 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitLab
Published: Jun 7, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 7, 2025, 4:29 PM
Reserved: May 1, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:19 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 6:19 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 7, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:52 AM

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Red Hat No data

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OpenCVE enrichment No data

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