CVE-2021-22261
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Jira integration in all GitLab versions starting from 13.9 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.1.4, and all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.2 allows an attacker to execute…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Jira integration in all GitLab versions starting from 13.9 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.1.4, and all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.2 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's behalf via malicious Jira API responses
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22261.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328389Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1132083Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22261.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328389Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1132083Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.