#VU71723 Cross-site request forgery in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-4138 

 

#VU71723 Cross-site request forgery in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-4138

Published: February 1, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71723
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4138
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote user can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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