CVE-2018-17536 describes a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions prior to versions 11.1.7, 11.2.4, and 11.3.1. This flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts onto the merge request page through a crafted project import. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.4), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and low privileges (PR:L), potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L, I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable. While community discussion and media coverage are minimal, GitLab has released security updates to address this issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 11.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
11.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:11.3.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.