CVE-2019-12442 is a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting GitLab Enterprise Edition versions 11.7 through 11.11, specifically on the epic details page due to insufficient input validation and output encoding. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one article from GitLab Security acknowledging the fix.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.7.0, <= 11.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.7.0, <= 11.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.