6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-6796
GitLab Persistent XSS Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows XSS (issue 2 of 2). The user status field contains a lack of input validation and output encoding that results in a persistent XSS.

INFO

Published Date :

April 11, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-6796 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

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-6796 vulnerability over time.

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/
    Added Reference https://about.gitlab.com/2019/02/05/critical-security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-4-released/
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/55320
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57112
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ [Release Notes, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/55320 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 12, 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 https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/ No Types Assigned https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://about.gitlab.com/2019/02/05/critical-security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-4-released/ No Types Assigned https://about.gitlab.com/2019/02/05/critical-security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-4-released/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ No Types Assigned https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57112 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57112 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.5.8 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.5.8 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.6.0 up to (including) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.6.0 up to (including) 11.6.5 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.7.0 up to (excluding) 11.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.7.0 up to (excluding) 11.7.1
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

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.14 }} 0.04%

score

0.49904

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
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Confidentiality
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