An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7,     all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored     XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
    (CVE-2023-2442)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the cdb5338d-04ec-11ee-9c88-001b217b3468 advisory.

  - A lack of length validation in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 8.3 before 15.10.8, 15.11 before     15.11.7, and 16.0 before 16.0.2 allows an authenticated attacker to create a large Issue description via     GraphQL which, when repeatedly requested, saturates CPU usage. (CVE-2023-0921)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.1 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A user could     use an unverified email as a public email and commit email by sending a specifically crafted request on     user update settings. (CVE-2023-1204)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A     DollarMathPostFilter Regular Expression Denial of Service in was possible by sending crafted payloads to     the preview_markdown endpoint. (CVE-2023-2132)

  - A denial of service issue was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 13.2.4     before 15.10.8, all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before     16.0.2 which allows an attacker to cause high resource consumption using malicious test report artifacts.
    (CVE-2023-0121)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. Open     redirection was possible via HTTP response splitting in the NPM package API. (CVE-2023-0508)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. It was     possible to disclose issue notes to an unauthorized user at project export. (CVE-2023-1825)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.10.8, all versions starting     from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. An attacker was able to spoof     protected tags, which could potentially lead a victim to download malicious code. (CVE-2023-2001)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 1.2 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. An issue was     found that allows someone to abuse a discrepancy between the Web application display and the git command     line interface to social engineer victims into cloning non-trusted code. (CVE-2023-2013)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A reflected     XSS was possible when creating new abuse reports which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on     behalf of victims. (CVE-2023-2015)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 8.7 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A Regular     Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.
    (CVE-2023-2198)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A Regular     Expression Denial of Service was possible via sending crafted payloads to the preview_markdown endpoint.
    (CVE-2023-2199)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7,     all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored     XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
    (CVE-2023-2442)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 14.1 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A malicious     maintainer in a project can escalate other users to Owners in that project if they import members from     another project that those other users are Owners of. (CVE-2023-2485)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 before 15.10.8, all     versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7, all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. An attacker     can clone a repository from a public project, from a disallowed IP, even after the top-level group has     enabled IP restrictions on the group. (CVE-2023-2589)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.11 before 15.11.7,     all versions starting from 16.0 before 16.0.2. A specially crafted merge request could lead to a stored     XSS on the client side which allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
    (CVE-2023-2442)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
256029	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-2442	Nessus	Misc.	medium
176831	FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Vulnerability (cdb5338d-04ec-11ee-9c88-001b217b3468)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
176679	GitLab 15.11 < 15.11.7 / 16.0 < 16.0.2 (CVE-2023-2442)	Nessus	CGI abuses	medium

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