CVE-2023-2200

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in GitLab

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 7.14 before 15.11.10, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.6, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.1, which allows an attacker to inject HTML in an email address field.

*Credits: Thanks [cryptopone](https://hackerone.com/cryptopone) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program

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

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-04-20 CVE Reserved
2023-07-13 CVE Published
2024-07-19 EPSS Updated
2024-10-30 CVE Updated
2024-10-30 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-99: Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')
CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1935628	2024-10-30

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/408281	2023-07-20

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"				>= 7.14.0 < 15.11.10 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 7.14.0 < 15.11.10"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 7.14.0 < 15.11.10 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 7.14.0 < 15.11.10"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.0.0 < 16.0.6"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.0.0 < 16.0.6 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.0.0 < 16.0.6"		enterprise		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.1 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.1"		community		Affected
Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab"		Gitlab Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab"				>= 16.1.0 < 16.1.1 Search vendor "Gitlab" for product "Gitlab" and version " >= 16.1.0 < 16.1.1"		enterprise		Affected