CVE-2018-19579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GitLab EE version 11.5 is vulnerable to a persistent XSS vulnerability in the Operations page. This is fixed in 11.5.1.

Published: 2019-07-10

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11268	GitLab EE version 11.5 is vulnerable to a persistent XSS vulnerability in the Operations page. This is fixed in 11.5.1.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00728.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53917

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-10T16:52:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.538Z

Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-19579

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-10T17:15:11.647

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:49:32.827

Link: CVE-2018-19579

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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