What is the severity of CVE-2021-22225?

CVE-2021-22225 has a medium severity rating due to its potential impact on user data through stored cross-site scripting.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22225?

To remediate CVE-2021-22225, upgrade GitLab to a version that is not affected, such as 13.11.6, 13.12.6, or 14.0.3 and later.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2021-22225?

CVE-2021-22225 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by insufficient input sanitization in markdown processing.

What versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2021-22225?

GitLab versions 13.11.3 to 13.11.6, 13.12.0 to 13.12.6, and 14.0.0 to 14.0.2 are affected by CVE-2021-22225.

Is CVE-2021-22225 exploitable remotely?

Yes, CVE-2021-22225 can be exploited remotely through crafted markdown submissions that lead to stored XSS attacks.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2021-22225

medium

5.4

CWE

7/7/2021

3/8/2024

CVE-2021-22225: XSS

First published: Wed Jul 07 2021(Updated: )

Insufficient input sanitization in markdown in GitLab version 13.11 and up allows an attacker to exploit a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via a specially-crafted markdown

Credit: cve@gitlab.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GitLab	>=13.11.3<13.11.6
GitLab	>=13.12.0<13.12.6
GitLab	>=14.0.0<14.0.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-22225?
CVE-2021-22225 has a medium severity rating due to its potential impact on user data through stored cross-site scripting.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22225?
To remediate CVE-2021-22225, upgrade GitLab to a version that is not affected, such as 13.11.6, 13.12.6, or 14.0.3 and later.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2021-22225?
CVE-2021-22225 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by insufficient input sanitization in markdown processing.
What versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2021-22225?
GitLab versions 13.11.3 to 13.11.6, 13.12.0 to 13.12.6, and 14.0.0 to 14.0.2 are affected by CVE-2021-22225.
Is CVE-2021-22225 exploitable remotely?
Yes, CVE-2021-22225 can be exploited remotely through crafted markdown submissions that lead to stored XSS attacks.

agent/references
agent/type
agent/weakness
agent/author
agent/softwarecombine
agent/description
collector/mitre-cve
source/MITRE
agent/severity
agent/last-modified-date
agent/first-publish-date
agent/event
agent/source
agent/tags
collector/nvd-index
agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
vendor/gitlab
canonical/gitlab
version/gitlab/13.11.3
version/gitlab/13.12.0
version/gitlab/14.0.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-22225?
CVE-2021-22225 has a medium severity rating due to its potential impact on user data through stored cross-site scripting.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22225?
To remediate CVE-2021-22225, upgrade GitLab to a version that is not affected, such as 13.11.6, 13.12.6, or 14.0.3 and later.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2021-22225?
CVE-2021-22225 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by insufficient input sanitization in markdown processing.
What versions of GitLab are affected by CVE-2021-22225?
GitLab versions 13.11.3 to 13.11.6, 13.12.0 to 13.12.6, and 14.0.0 to 14.0.2 are affected by CVE-2021-22225.
Is CVE-2021-22225 exploitable remotely?
Yes, CVE-2021-22225 can be exploited remotely through crafted markdown submissions that lead to stored XSS attacks.