CVE-2018-20491
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.
- Record
CVE-2018-20491- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.
- Record
CVE-2018-20491- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13045 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13045- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x262-3pxm-ffg9 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.
- Record
GHSA-x262-3pxm-ffg9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.3.x and 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.
- Record
CVE-2018-20491- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-20491 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Gitlab, published December 30, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.