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CVE-2021-22225 (GCVE-0-2021-22225)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-07 11:19 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient input sanitization in markdown in GitLab version 13.11 and up allows an attacker to exploit a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via a specially-crafted markdown
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=13.11.3, <13.11.6
Affected: >=13.12, <13.12.6
Affected: >=14.0, <14.0.2
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Credits
Thanks [vovohelofor](https://hackerone.com/vovohelo) reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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