What is CVE-2023-2164?

CVE-2023-2164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-2164?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2164 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2023-2164

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.9 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for an attacker to trigger a stor…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.522 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 15.9, 16.1.0, 16.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

GitLab Issue #407783 (issue-tracking)
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #1940598 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2164?: CVE-2023-2164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-2164?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2164 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.