CVE-2019-6796 is a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions before versions 11.5.8, 11.6.6, and 11.7.1. This flaw stems from insufficient input validation and output encoding in the user status field. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. A successful exploit could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts, allowing attackers to execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently unavailable. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
< 11.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.0, <= 11.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.0, <= 11.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.7.0, < 11.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.