CVE-2021-39946

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

Una neutralización inapropiada de la entrada del usuario en GitLab CE/EE versiones 14.3 a 14.3.6, 14.4 a 14.4.4 y 14.5 a 14.5.2, permitía a un atacante explotar una vulnerabilidad de tipo XSS al abusar de la generación del código HTML relacionado con los emojis

*Credits: Thanks jarij for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-23 CVE Reserved
2022-01-18 CVE Published
2023-12-05 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39946.json	2022-01-25
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/345657	2022-01-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.3 < 14.3.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.3 < 14.3.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.3 < 14.3.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.3 < 14.3.6"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.4 < 14.4.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.4 < 14.4.4"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.4 < 14.4.4 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.4 < 14.4.4"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.5 < 14.5.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.5 < 14.5.2"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 14.5 < 14.5.2 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 14.5 < 14.5.2"		enterprise		Affected