CVE-2019-5471

An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.

Affected

GitLab

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 55th percentile

Published

2019-09-09

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://hackerone.com/reports/496973

Security advisories

• https://about.gitlab.com/2019/07/29/security-release-gitlab-12-dot-1-dot-2-released
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11515

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry