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."

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 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. (CVE-2024-1451)

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 03bf5157-d145-11ee-acee-001b217b3468 advisory.

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions before 16.7.6, all versions starting from     16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. It was possible for group members with     sub-maintainer role to change the title of privately accessible deploy keys associated with projects in     the group. (CVE-2023-3509)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 to 16.7.6, all     versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. This     vulnerability allows for bypassing the 'group ip restriction' settings to access environment details of     projects (CVE-2023-4895)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.5 before 16.7.6, all     versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. When a user is     assigned a custom role with admin_group_member permission, they may be able to make a group, other members     or themselves Owners of that group, which may lead to privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-6477)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 11.3 before 16.6.7, all     versions starting from 16.7 before 16.7.5, all versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.2. It was possible     for an attacker to cause a client-side denial of service using malicious crafted content in the CODEOWNERS     file. (CVE-2023-6736)

  - An authorization bypass vulnerability was discovered in GitLab affecting versions 15.1 prior to 16.7.6,     16.8 prior to 16.8.3, and 16.9 prior to 16.9.1. A developer could bypass CODEOWNERS approvals by creating     a merge conflict. (CVE-2024-0410)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions starting from 16.4 before 16.7.6, all     versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. Users with the     `Guest` role can change `Custom dashboard projects` settings contrary to permissions. (CVE-2024-0861)

  - 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. (CVE-2024-1451)

  - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.7.6, all     versions starting from 16.8 before 16.8.3, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.1. Under some     specialized conditions, an LDAP user may be able to reset their password using their verified secondary     email address and sign-in using direct authentication with the reset password, bypassing LDAP.
    (CVE-2024-1525)

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 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. (CVE-2024-1451)

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	Type	Severity
253108	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-1451	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
190909	FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Vulnerabilities (03bf5157-d145-11ee-acee-001b217b3468)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	Local	high
190865	GitLab 16.9.0 < 16.9.1 (CVE-2024-1451)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Combined	high

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