What is CVE-2018-12605?

CVE-2018-12605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-12605?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in GitLab

CVE-2018-12605

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition 10.7.x before 10.7.6. The usage of 'url_for' contained a XSS issue due to it allowing arbitrary protocols as a parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (47.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12605?: CVE-2018-12605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-12605?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.