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GHSA-84M5-RQXQ-483P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-26 03:30 – Updated: 2024-01-26 03:30

Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions after 13.7 before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. Improper input sanitization of user name allows arbitrary API PUT requests.

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


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

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  "id": "GHSA-84m5-rqxq-483p",
  "modified": "2024-01-26T03:30:19Z",
  "published": "2024-01-26T03:30:19Z",
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CVE-2023-5933 (GCVE-0-2023-5933)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-26 01:02 – Updated: 2025-11-20 04:10

Summary

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/crit…
	https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/430236	issue-tracking
	https://hackerone.com/reports/2225710	technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GitLab	GitLab	Affected: 13.7 , < 16.6.6 (semver) Affected: 16.7 , < 16.7.4 (semver) Affected: 16.8 , < 16.8.1 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Credits

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

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-84M5-RQXQ-483P

CVE-2023-5933 (GCVE-0-2023-5933)

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