CVE-2023-5933

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

State: Published
Severity: 6.4 Medium
Published: Jan 26, 2024
Updated: Apr 25, 2026
Reserved: Nov 2, 2023

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N	GitLab

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GitLabGitLab	13.7 to before 16.6.6Affected 16.7 to before 16.7.4Affected 16.8 to before 16.8.1Affected

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/
GitLab Issue #430236issue-trackingpermissions-required
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2225710technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required

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