What is CVE-2024-1451?

CVE-2024-1451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2024-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-1451?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1451 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2024-1451

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. A crafted payload added to the user profile page could lead to a stored XSS on the client side, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.515 (98.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 16.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

GitLab Issue #441457 (issue-tracking, permissions-required)
HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2371126 (technical-description, exploit, permissions-required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1451?: CVE-2024-1451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2024-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-1451?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1451 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.