6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-19493
GitLab Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.x before 11.3.11, 11.4.x before 11.4.8, and 11.5.x before 11.5.1. There is a persistent XSS vulnerability in the environment pages due to a lack of input validation and output encoding.

INFO

Published Date :

July 10, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:58 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-19493 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gitlab gitlab
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-19493.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109122 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53037 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109122 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53037 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-19493 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-19493 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109122
    Added Reference https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53037
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109122 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109122 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/ No Types Assigned https://about.gitlab.com/2018/11/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-5-dot-1-released/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53037 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53037 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.0 up to (excluding) 11.3.11 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.0 up to (excluding) 11.3.11 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.4.0 up to (excluding) 11.4.8 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.4.0 up to (excluding) 11.4.8 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.5.0 up to (excluding) 11.5.1 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.5.0 up to (excluding) 11.5.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109122 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-19493 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-19493 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.03%

score

0.50164

percentile

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