HTTP: GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition Milestone References Stored Cross-Site Scripting

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known cross-site scripting vulnerability against Gitlab Community and Enterprise Edition, Milestone References. It is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. Attackers can steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Extended Description

Improper handling of user input in GitLab CE/EE versions 8.3 prior to 14.7.7, 14.8 prior to 14.8.5, and 14.9 prior to 14.9.2 allowed an attacker to exploit a stored XSS by abusing multi-word milestone references in issue descriptions, comments, etc.

Affected Products

Gitlab gitlab

References

CVE: CVE-2022-1190

Short Name
HTTP:XSS:GITLAB-MILESTONE-REF
Severity
Warning
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2022-1190 Community Cross-Site Edition Enterprise GitLab Milestone References Scripting Stored and
Release Date
07/07/2022
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3507
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Gitlab

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