GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 17.3.5/17.4.2/17.5.0 Diff View cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.3.5/17.4.2/17.5.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Diff View. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-8312. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 17.3.5/17.4.2/17.5.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Diff View. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 15.10 before 17.3.6, 17.4 before 17.4.3, and 17.5 before 17.5.1. An attacker could inject HTML into the Global Search field on a diff view leading to XSS.

The weakness was shared by joaxcar. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-8312 since 08/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209627 (GitLab 15.10 < 17.3.6 / 17.4 < 17.4.3 / 17.5 < 17.5.1 (CVE-2024-8312)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 17.3.6, 17.4.3 or 17.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209627). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Nessus ID: 209627
Nessus Name: GitLab 15.10 < 17.3.6 / 17.4 < 17.4.3 / 17.5 < 17.5.1 (CVE-2024-8312)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 17.3.6/17.4.3/17.5.1

Timelineinfo

08/29/2024 🔍
10/24/2024 +56 days 🔍
10/24/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/03/2025 +130 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: gitlab.com
Researcher: joaxcar
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-8312 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8312
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-281679

Entryinfo

Created: 10/24/2024 12:04
Updated: 03/03/2025 05:28
Changes: 10/24/2024 12:04 (66), 10/24/2024 13:20 (1), 10/24/2024 22:40 (2), 12/13/2024 20:19 (11), 03/03/2025 05:28 (3)
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