CVE-2022-2500 — A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1

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A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1

Published Aug 5, 2022

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.73%

Description

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.0.5, 15.1 prior to 15.1.4, and 15.2 prior to 15.2.1. A stored XSS flaw in job error messages allows attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims at client side.

Affected products

Vendor GitLab Product GitLab Default
n/a
- Version
  >=0.0, <15.0.5
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  >=15.1, <15.1.4
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
- Version
  >=15.2, <15.2.1
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

GitLab

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
>=0.0, <15.0.5	affected	-
>=15.1, <15.1.4	affected	-
>=15.2, <15.2.1	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.73% 0.00734

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00734

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.73% (0.00734)	52.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.60% (0.00595)	43.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 9, 2026	0.25% (0.00254)	48.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Aug 6, 2025	2.85% (0.02855)	85.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.41% (0.01409)	79.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00067)	31.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 21, 2024	0.07% (0.00067)	29.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 26, 2024	0.08% (0.00083)	33.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 12, 2023	0.11% (0.00113)	44.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.12% (0.00123)	44.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 1, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.30th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Aug 6, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.30th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2500.json
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/363725
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1579645
x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2500.json		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/363725		x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1579645		x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner GitLab

Published Aug 5, 2022

Updated Aug 3, 2024

Reserved Jul 21, 2022

Link CVE-2022-2500

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-2500

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-2500