CVE-2024-1451
Published: 22 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-1451 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-1451 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability, tracked as CWE-79, that affects GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition in all versions from 16.9 before 16.9.1. The issue occurs when a crafted payload is added to the user profile page, enabling client-side script execution.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw by inserting the malicious payload into their own profile. When another user views the profile, the attacker can perform arbitrary actions on the victim's behalf, resulting in high impact to confidentiality and integrity according to the CVSS 8.7 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
The associated GitLab issue and HackerOne report document the discovery and affected releases. The EPSS score remains at 0.2909 with no material rise from a lower baseline.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-17203
Vulnerability details
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…
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.