CVE-2024-1451 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. A crafted payload added to the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS on the client side, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims."

Published: 2024-02-21

Score: 8.7 High

EPSS: 29.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GitLab

GitLab

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.9.0`	affected	< 16.9.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:16.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to versions 16.9.1 or above.

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.29088.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441457
https://hackerone.com/reports/2371126

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.26264}`	epss `{'score': 0.29088}`

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2024-02-21T23:30:49.790Z

Updated: 2025-11-20T04:12:04.470Z

Reserved: 2024-02-12T16:02:59.161Z

Link: CVE-2024-1451

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:40:21.118Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-22T00:15:52.153

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:50:36.730

Link: CVE-2024-1451

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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