GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.4/17.0.2/17.1.0 Project Import cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.4/17.0.2/17.1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Project Import. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4901. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.11.4/17.0.2/17.1.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Project Import. 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. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 prior to 16.11.5, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.3, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.1, where a stored XSS vulnerability could be imported from a project with malicious commit notes.

The weakness was shared by yvvdwf as 461773. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-4901 since 05/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 16.11.5, 17.0.3 or 17.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 16.11.5/17.0.3/17.1.1

Timelineinfo

05/15/2024 🔍
06/27/2024 +43 days 🔍
06/27/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/22/2025 +268 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 461773
Researcher: yvvdwf
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-4901 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-4901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269789

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2024 06:36
Updated: 03/22/2025 05:51
Changes: 06/27/2024 06:36 (67), 06/29/2024 08:17 (12), 03/22/2025 05:51 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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