SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-1836

CVE-2023-1836 — A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all version

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 5.1 before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. When viewing an XML file in a repository in "raw" mode, i

CVSS
4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS
1.20% (top 21.30%)
CWE
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Published
2023-05-03T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-01-29T21:46:34.969Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 5.1 before 15.9.6, all versions starting from 15.10 before 15.10.5, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.1. When viewing an XML file in a repository in "raw" mode, it can be made to render as HTML if viewed under specific circumstances

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GitLabGitLab>=5.1, <15.9.6, >=15.10, <15.10.5, >=15.11, <15.11.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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