CVE-2023-5933 (GCVE-0-2023-5933)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-26 01:02
Modified
2026-04-25 04:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-80 - Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Summary
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions after 13.7 before 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1. Improper input sanitization of user name allows arbitrary API PUT requests.
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Impacted products
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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