CVE-2013-4583 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in GitLab, affecting versions 5.0 through 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, and Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1, as well as gitlab-shell before 1.7.8. This flaw, residing in the parse_cmd function of lib/gitlab_shell.rb, allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges and clone arbitrary repositories. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 1.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab-shell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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