CVE-2022-2865 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00131.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2865.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370873
https://hackerone.com/reports/1665658

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00103}`	epss `{'score': 0.00129}`

Wed, 14 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-14T13:57:18.072Z

Reserved: 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2865

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:52:59.590Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-17T16:15:21.387

Modified: 2025-05-14T14:15:23.817

Link: CVE-2022-2865

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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