GitLab 12.4 < 13.4.7 / 13.5 < 13.5.5 / 13.6 < 13.6.2 (CVE-2020-26407)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197392

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- A XSS vulnerability exists in Gitlab CE/EE from 12.4 before 13.4.7, 13.5 before 13.5.5, and 13.6 before 13.6.2 that allows an attacker to perform cross-site scripting to other users via importing a malicious project (CVE-2020-26407)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 13.4.7, 13.5.5, 13.6.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/212630

https://hackerone.com/reports/832117

http://www.nessus.org/u?794fd775

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197392

File Name: gitlab_cve-2020-26407.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26407

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26407