CVE-2024-2279 (GCVE-0-2024-2279)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-12 00:53
Modified
2025-11-20 04:12
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.7 to 16.8.6 all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. Using the autocomplete for issues references feature a crafted payload may lead to a stored XSS, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
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GitLab GitLab Version: 16.7   ≤
Version: 16.9   ≤
Version: 16.10   ≤
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