What is CVE-2018-20496?

CVE-2018-20496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-20496?

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

XSS in Gitlab

CVE-2018-20496

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.2.x through 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.0th 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
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20496?: CVE-2018-20496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitlab, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-20496?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.