CVE-2023-3500

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 44.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2023-08-02 00:07Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-11-20 04:07Z11 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-07-04

Assigning CNA

GitLab

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1bb27c6c487dc9eb459f7e21ab880cab50b1ac8d3c1204396ba6234d87c5e75c

• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #416902https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416902issue-trackingpermissions-required
• hackerone.comHackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2010926https://hackerone.com/reports/2010926technical-descriptionexploitpermissions-required