CVE-2022-4092 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.1. It was possible to create a malicious README page due to improper neutralisation of user supplied input.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

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 0.03985.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.6.0::::community:::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:15.6.0::::enterprise:::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51463	An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.1. It was possible to create a malicious README page due to improper neutralisation of user supplied input.

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-2022-4092.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/383208
https://hackerone.com/reports/1777934

History

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +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: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-01T17:36:33.623Z

Reserved: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-4092

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.404Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:18:06.410

Modified: 2025-04-01T18:15:29.050

Link: CVE-2022-4092

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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