What is CVE-2019-6781?

CVE-2019-6781 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-6781?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Open Redirect in GitLab

CVE-2019-6781

An Improper Input Validation issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It was possible to use the profile name to inject a potentially malicious link into notification emails.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

EPSS: 0.012 (64.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gitlab
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6781?: CVE-2019-6781 is a high-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-6781?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.