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CVE-2021-22261
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Jira integration in all GitLab versions starting from 13.9 before 14.0.9, all versions…
High7.3EPSS 0.98%
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- Updated
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- GitLab
Description
A stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Jira integration in all GitLab versions starting from 13.9 before 14.0.9, all versions starting from 14.1 before 14.1.4, and all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.2 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's behalf via malicious Jira API responses
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.98% · top 38% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
- Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in GitLab
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (3)
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/328389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1132083 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22261.json (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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