CVE-2023-5933

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    CVE-2023-5933

    Published: 26 Jan 2024Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026

    Summary: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in GitLab

    Details: 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.

    References: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5933.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5933, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/430236, https://hackerone.com/reports/2225710, git://[email protected]:gitlab-org/gitlab.git

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 036576a25d67513637c1e2cba5859af47695188e
    Fixed -7da037032f0d42a455bbc7624c23bf64e637fb5e

    Affected versions

    v16.8.0-ee

    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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