CVE-2018-14605

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 10.8.7, 11.0.x before 11.0.5, and 11.1.x before 11.1.2. XSS can occur in the branch name during a Web IDE file commit.

Affected products

GitLab: before 10.8.7; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.5; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.2 — fixed in 10.8.7, 11.0.5, 11.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 10.8.7, 11.0.5, 11.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/26/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-1-dot-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/47793
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/26/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-1-dot-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/47793

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