GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.x/11.4.12/11.5.5/11.6.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.x/11.4.12/11.5.5/11.6.0. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-20496. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.x/11.4.12/11.5.5/11.6.0 (Bug Tracking Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. 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. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.2.x through 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.

The weakness was presented 12/30/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at about.gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-20496 since 12/26/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 120973 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468)), 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 11.4.13, 11.5.6 or 11.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (120973). See VDB-135176, VDB-147767, VDB-147886 and VDB-147887 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.4.0
• 11.4.1
• 11.4.2
• 11.4.3
• 11.4.4
• 11.4.5
• 11.4.6
• 11.4.7
• 11.4.8
• 11.4.9
• 11.4.10
• 11.4.11
• 11.4.12
• 11.5
• 11.5.0
• 11.5.1
• 11.5.2
• 11.5.3
• 11.5.4
• 11.5.5
• 11.6.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 120973
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468)
Nessus File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.4.13/11.5.6/11.6.1

Timelineinfo

12/26/2018 🔍
01/02/2019 +7 days 🔍
01/07/2019 +5 days 🔍
12/30/2019 +357 days 🔍
12/31/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/18/2024 +1539 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 54427
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-20496 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-20496
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-147893
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/31/2019 10:10
Updated: 03/18/2024 13:10
Changes: 12/31/2019 10:10 (41), 12/31/2019 10:15 (24), 03/18/2024 13:10 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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