CVE-2023-2442
A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 96.1%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
- 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
- 96.06% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- gitlab/gitlab
- Source
- cve@gitlab.com
EPSS 96.1% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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/2023/CVE-2023-2442.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409346Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1965750Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2442.jsonVendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409346Broken Link
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1965750Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/409346Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.