GitLab 12.8 < 15.7.8 / 15.8 < 15.8.4 / 15.9 < 15.9.2 (CVE-2022-4462)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 172074

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

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

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 12.8 before 15.7.8, all versions starting from 15.8 before 15.8.4, all versions starting from 15.9 before 15.9.2. This vulnerability could allow a user to unmask the Discord Webhook URL through viewing the raw API response.
(CVE-2022-4462)

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

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e82259b1

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/385669

https://hackerone.com/reports/1796210

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 172074

File Name: gitlab_CVE-2022-4462.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/3/2023

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4462

IAVA: 2023-A-0122-S