CVE-2021-39885

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    CVE-2021-39885

    Published: 4 Oct 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A Stored XSS in merge request creation page in all versions of Gitlab EE starting from 13.7 before 14.1.7, all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.5, and all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.1 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's behalf via malicious approval rule names

    References: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39885.json, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/341140, https://hackerone.com/reports/1342009

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 036576a25d67513637c1e2cba5859af47695188e
    Fixed -9cd657e5179e339171d27e4573b8f5711db1d824

    Affected versions

    14.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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