GitLab 12.5 < 12.9.8 / 12.10 < 12.10.7 / 13.0 < 13.0.1 (CVE-2020-13265)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197469

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:

- User email verification bypass in GitLab CE/EE 12.5 and later through 13.0.1 allows user to bypass email verification (CVE-2020-13265)

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 12.9.8, 12.10.7, 13.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/121664

https://hackerone.com/reports/762568

http://www.nessus.org/u?26043602

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197469

File Name: gitlab_cve-2020-13265.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: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13265

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 6/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13265