CVE-2020-10078 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GitLab 12.1 through 12.8.1 allows XSS. The merge request submission form was determined to have a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Published: 2020-03-13

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-2543	GitLab 12.1 through 12.8.1 allows XSS. The merge request submission form was determined to have a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00691.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/03/04/gitlab-12-dot-8-dot-2-released/
https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/03/04/gitlab-12-dot-8-dot-2-released/index.html

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-03-13T16:59:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:50:57.792Z

Reserved: 2020-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-10078

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-13T17:15:11.703

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:47:18.760

Link: CVE-2020-10078

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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