PT-2020-9323 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee+1

Near · Published 2020-03-10 · Updated 2020-03-10 · CVE-2019-12442

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GitLab Enterprise Edition versions 11.7 through 11.11

Description: The issue is related to a lack of input validation and output encoding on the epic details page, resulting in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.

Recommendations: For GitLab Enterprise Edition versions 11.7 through 11.11, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the epic details page until a patch is available. Avoid using the epic details page in a way that could introduce malicious input until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12442

Affected Products

Gitlab

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2019/06/03/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-11-dot-1-released · Vendor Advisory
• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12442 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1460 · Telegram Post