CVE-2023-2164

MEDIUMNVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-08-02. NVD baseline CVSS 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Weaponized
5.4
EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 64%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 64%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.9 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for an attacker to trigger a stored XSS vulnerability via user interaction with a crafted URL in the WebIDE beta.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(medium)
EPSS
99.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 2, 2023

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-2164(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-05 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-02 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-27 14:04 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-06-12 23:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-06-10 22:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-10 00:47 UTCOSV refresh
  7. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-05-29 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-05-27 13:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-05-27 13:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-05-24 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-05-24 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-2164?
CVE-2023-2164 is a medium vulnerability published on August 2, 2023. An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.9 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. It was possible for an attacker to trigger a stored XSS vulnerability via user interaction with a crafted URL…
When was CVE-2023-2164 disclosed?
CVE-2023-2164 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 2, 2023, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-2164 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-2164 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 99.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-2164?
CVE-2023-2164 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-2164?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-2164, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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