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Description

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 actions on behalf of victims."

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-02-12 | Published 2024-02-21 | Updated 2026-05-23 | Assigner GitLab




HIGH: 8.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

16.9.0 (semver) before 16.9.1
affected

Credits

Thanks [yvvdwf](https://hackerone.com/yvvdwf) for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program finder

References

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441457 (GitLab Issue #441457) issue-tracking

hackerone.com/reports/2371126 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2371126) technical-description exploit

gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/441457 (GitLab Issue #441457) issue-tracking permissions-required

hackerone.com/reports/2371126 (HackerOne Bug Bounty Report #2371126) technical-description exploit permissions-required

cve.org (CVE-2024-1451)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-1451)

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