What is CVE-2022-4092?

CVE-2022-4092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2023-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-4092?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

XSS in GitLab

CVE-2022-4092

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.1. It was possible to create a malicious README page due to improper neutralisation of user supplied input.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab — versions 15.6.0, >=15.6, <15.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/383208 (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
hackerone.com/reports/1777934 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-4092.json (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4092?: CVE-2022-4092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2023-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-4092?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.