GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 12.0.3/12.1.1 Email Verification improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 12.0.3/12.1.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Email Verification. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-5473. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 12.0.3/12.1.1 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Email Verification. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2 and 12.0.4.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-5473 since 01/04/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 12.0.4 or 12.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 12.0.4/12.1.2

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
09/09/2019 +248 days 🔍
09/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/18/2023 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 11643
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-5473 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5473
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141482
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2019 10:15
Updated: 12/18/2023 14:22
Changes: 09/10/2019 10:15 (59), 08/17/2020 16:49 (1), 12/18/2023 14:22 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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