What is CVE-2018-17536?

CVE-2018-17536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-17536?

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

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2018-17536

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. There is stored XSS on the merge request page via project import.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (32.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab — versions 11.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17536?: CVE-2018-17536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-17536?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.