CVE-2023-2442 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.83689.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

No data.

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/2023/CVE-2023-2442.json
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409346
https://hackerone.com/reports/1965750

History

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-06-07T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-07T16:29:51.039Z

Reserved: 2023-05-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-2442

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:19:15.149Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-07T16:15:09.403

Modified: 2025-01-07T17:15:14.570

Link: CVE-2023-2442

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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