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CVE-2024-1451: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

8.7 CVSS

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. A crafted payload added to the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS on the client side, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims."

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-1451

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Vendor: GitLab

Product: GitLab

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 31.3% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 96.51% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-15 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1451
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441457
https://hackerone.com/reports/2371126

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