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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22183

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 11.8. GitLab was vulnerable to a stored XSS in the epics page, which could be exploited with user interactions.

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CVE-2021-22183
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1 Nov 2026, 05:13 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22183

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Mar 2021, 15:15 UTC

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 11.8. GitLab was vulnerable to a stored XSS in the epics page, which could be exploited with user interactions.

osv:CVE-2021-22183
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22183",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-22183",
    "summary": "An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting with 11.8. GitLab was vulnerable to a stored XSS in the epics page, which could be exploited with user interactions.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22183",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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        "BIT-gitlab-2021-22183",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:57.358101960Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22183.json",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/294176",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1055814"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431464,
  "published_at": "2021-03-04T15:15:13.157+00:00"
}