What is CVE-2018-16050?

CVE-2018-16050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-16050?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in GitLab

CVE-2018-16050

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.1.x before 11.1.5 and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Persistent XSS in the Merge Request Changes View.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16050?: CVE-2018-16050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-16050?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.