GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-18642. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2 (Bug Tracking Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.2.7, 11.3.x before 11.3.8, and 11.4.x before 11.4.3. It has XSS.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2018. The weakness was presented 12/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-18642 since 10/25/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118497 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 11.2.7, 11.3.8 or 11.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118497). See VDB-127304, VDB-127506, VDB-127507 and VDB-127509 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 118497
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.2.7/11.3.8/11.4.3

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10/25/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 +4 days 🔍
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10/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +35 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/13/2023 +1651 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 52551
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-18642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127508
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2018 14:41
Updated: 06/13/2023 08:49
Changes: 12/05/2018 14:41 (66), 04/17/2020 16:22 (2), 06/13/2023 08:49 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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