What is CVE-2024-4901?

CVE-2024-4901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2024-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-4901?

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

Is CVE-2024-4901 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2024-4901

An issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 prior to 16.11.5, starting from 17.0 prior to 17.0.3, and starting from 17.1 prior to 17.1.1, where a stored XSS vulnerability could be imported from a project with malicious commit notes.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.328 (98.2th 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 17.0, 17.1.0, 16.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@gitlab.com (issue-tracking, permissions-required, Broken Link)
cve@gitlab.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, permissions-required, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-4901?: CVE-2024-4901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2024-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-4901?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-4901 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.