THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-1940
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-1940

Gitlab vulnerability

CVSS
7.7
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Jira integration in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 13.11 prior to 14.9.5, 14.10 prior to 14.10.4, and 15.0 prior to 15.0.1 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in GitLab on a victim's behalf via specially crafted Jira Issues
Affected vendor
Gitlab
Affected product
Gitlab
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2022-06-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 6.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-1940

  • Confirm whether Gitlab Gitlab is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-1940.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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