CVE-2024-8648 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-8648

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in GitLab

Vulnerability Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 16 before 17.3.7, 17.4 before 17.4.4, and 17.5 before 17.5.2. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code in Analytics Dashboards through a specially crafted URL.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

GitLab
Vulnerable Versions:
16, 17.4, 17.5

Timeline

Official Publish: November 14th, 2024
Last Modified: November 14th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007 JavaScript
Execution
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001 Defacement
Impact