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CVE-2020-7973

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

GitLab through 12.7.2 allows XSS.

Affected products

• GitLab: before 12.5.9; from 12.6.0 before 12.6.6; from 12.7.0 through 12.7.2 — fixed in 12.5.9, 12.6.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitLab 12.5.9, 12.6.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/01/30/security-release-gitlab-12-7-4-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab/issues/14
• https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/01/30/security-release-gitlab-12-7-4-released/
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab/issues/14

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