CVE-2019-6784
MEDIUMGitLab < 11.5.8, 11.6.x < 11.6.6, 11.7.x < 11.7.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via KaTeX Markdown Processing
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows XSS (issue 1 of 2). Markdown fields contain a lack of input validation and output encoding when processing KaTeX that results in a persistent XSS.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/54416
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
gitlab/gitlab
< 11.5.8 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Sep 09, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026