CVE-2018-16050

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: yes
Published: 2018-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.1.x before 11.1.5 and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Persistent XSS in the Merge Request Changes View.

Affected products

GitLab: from 10.7.0 through 10.7.7; from 10.8.0 through 10.8.6; from 11.1.0 before 11.1.5; from 11.2.0 before 11.2.2 — fixed in 11.1.5, 11.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 11.1.5, 11.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-2-dot-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49085
https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-2-dot-2-released/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49085

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