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01 Record

CVE-2021-39946

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

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitLab
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

02 Description

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

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
1.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 63.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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
2022-01-18 16:52Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 02:20Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-23
Assigning CNA
GitLab
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.7)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
61325fdd5d138a6e40f4f20ad240810ddd5096188fcec2ba1cae71b4b0b5077b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
GitLabGitLab>=14.3, <14.3.6, >=14.4, <14.4.4, >=14.5, <14.5.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • gitlab
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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