Name: CVE-2021-39885: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-10-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-39885, CWE-79, CVSS 8.7, EPSS 0.01134

A Stored XSS in merge request creation page in all versions of Gitlab EE starting from 13.7 before 14.1.7, all versions starting from 14.2 before 14.2.5, and all versions starting from 14.3 before 14.3.1 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the victim's behalf via malicious approval rule names

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.7
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade gitlab-ce	Nov 4, 2022	Sep 30, 2021
Gitlab Gitlab	—	Upgrade Gitlab to the latest version	Apr 22, 2025	Oct 4, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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