CVE-2023-3500 Details
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 10.0 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. A reflected XSS was possible when creating specific PlantUML diagrams that allowed the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-3500
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
0.5 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (65th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2023-3500
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
4.8 Medium
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CVE-2023-3500 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
CN 777 25.66%
US 372 12.29%
DE 358 11.82%
RU 243 8.03%
FR 148 4.89%
SG 133 4.39%
JP 118 3.90%
KR 92 3.04%
IN 74 2.44%
GB 66 2.18%

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CVE-2023-3500 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 2,110 87.48%
Telecommunications 239 9.91%
Education 26 1.08%
Business Services 14 0.58%
Government/Politics 10 0.41%
Retail 6 0.25%
Energy/Resources 2 0.08%
Finance 2 0.08%
Transportation 1 0.04%
Consumer Goods 1 0.04%

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