GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.8.5/16.9.3/16.10.1 Autocomplete cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.8.5/16.9.3/16.10.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Autocomplete Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-2279. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.8.5/16.9.3/16.10.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Autocomplete Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.7 to 16.8.6 all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. Using the autocomplete for issues references feature a crafted payload may lead to a stored XSS, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.

The weakness was published by yvvdwf as 448469. The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-2279 since 03/07/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 16.8.6, 16.9.4 or 16.10.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-27234). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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CNA Base Score: 8.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 16.8.6/16.9.4/16.10.2

Timelineinfo

03/07/2024 🔍
04/12/2024 +35 days 🔍
04/12/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2026 +751 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 448469
Researcher: yvvdwf
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2279 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2279
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-260450
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2024 06:10
Updated: 05/03/2026 05:45
Changes: 04/12/2024 06:10 (67), 12/12/2024 00:44 (13), 04/06/2025 15:17 (3), 05/03/2026 05:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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