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CVE-2020-7971

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-7971 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting GitLab Enterprise Edition versions 11.0 through 12.7.2. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 11.0.0, < 12.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 12.6.0, < 12.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
>= 12.7.0, <= 12.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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 / blog/categories/releases
Release NotesVendor Advisory
about.gitlab.com / releases/2020/01/30/security-release-gitlab-12-7-4-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory