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FKIE_CVE-2022-2865

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-10-17 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:42

Severity

7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@gitlab.com	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2865.json	Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370873	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.com	https://hackerone.com/reports/1665658	Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2865.json	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370873	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://hackerone.com/reports/1665658	Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*
gitlab	gitlab	*

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CVE-2022-2865 (GCVE-0-2022-2865)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-14 13:57

Summary

Severity

7.3 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-14 13:56 UTC

CWE

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in GitLab
CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitLab mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/370873
https://hackerone.com/reports/1665658
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitLab	GitLab	Affected: >=9.0, <15.1.6 Affected: >=15.2, <15.2.4 Affected: >=15.3, <15.3.2

Credits

Thanks [yvvdwf](https://hackerone.com/yvvdwf) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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