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CVE-2018-18642

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18642 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions prior to versions 11.2.7, 11.3.8, and 11.4.3. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited with low attack complexity via a network vector, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in the KEV catalog. While it has received some community discussion and media coverage, its EPSS score is very low, suggesting minimal current threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.4.0, < 11.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 10.4.0, < 11.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 11.3.0, < 11.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
>= 11.3.0, < 11.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 11.4.0, < 11.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0081 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

about.gitlab.com / 2018/10/29/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-4-dot-3-released
Vendor Advisory
gitlab.com / gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/52551
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory