TI-2018-09049 Aliases CVE-2018-12605 GHSA-2cf2-299c-gg46

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition 10.7.x before…

LOW 25CWE-79Published 2018-08-03 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition 10.7.x before 10.7.6. The usage of 'url_for' contained a XSS issue due to it allowing arbitrary protocols as a parameter.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00658 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*	10.7.0 to before 10.7.6	Vulnerable	GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*	10.7.0 to before 10.7.6	Vulnerable	GitLab

cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:* Versions 10.7.0 to before 10.7.6 Vulnerable ·GitLab
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 10.7.0 to before 10.7.6 Vulnerable ·GitLab

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12605
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2cf2-299c-gg46
2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/45168

Advisory 1

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/25/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-0-dot-1-released/

TI-2026-71508 Integer overflow in GitLab allows code execution on the server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2026-58817 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2023-06425 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-05191 Code injection in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-05161 Server-side request forgery in GitLab KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-02763 Injection in GitLab CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9

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Sources

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