CVE-2018-12605

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

GitLab: from 10.7.0 before 10.7.6 — fixed in 10.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 10.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/25/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-0-dot-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/45168
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/25/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-0-dot-1-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/45168

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