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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-39946

Improper neutralization of user input in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.3 to 14.3.6, 14.4 to 14.4.4, and 14.5 to 14.5.2 allowed an attacker to exploit XSS by abusing the generation of the HTML code related to emojis

MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 1.04%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Improper neutralization of user input in GitLab CE/EE versions 14.3 to 14.3.6, 14.4 to 14.4.4, and 14.5 to 14.5.2 allowed an attacker to exploit XSS by abusing the generation of the HTML code related to emojis

CVSS 3.1
5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.04% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
gitlab/gitlab
Source
cve@gitlab.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.