CVE-2021-22171
Insufficient validation of authentication parameters in GitLab Pages for GitLab 11.5+ allows an attacker to steal a victim's API token if they click on a maliciously crafted link
02 Description
Insufficient validation of authentication parameters in GitLab Pages for GitLab 11.5+ allows an attacker to steal a victim's API token if they click on a maliciously crafted link
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 71.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-01-15 15:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 18:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-05
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b846909c999841bd504a1529b8eac2745b1c60a88fba1ba41ac95a4c01a7a164
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- gitlab Fixed in 13.7.2-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.