CVE-2019-11547
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- 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 Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2019-11547- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-116
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2019-11547- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3218 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3218- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97hw-38hm-wgq9 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
- Record
GHSA-97hw-38hm-wgq9- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
- Record
CVE-2019-11547- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11547
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.8.9, 11.9.x before 11.9.10, and 11.10.x before 11.10.2. It has Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. The branch name on new merge request notification emails isn't escaped, which could potentially lead to XSS issues.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11547- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gitlabUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 8.4.3+dfsg-98.4.3+dfsg-128.5.8+dfsg-5 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| 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-2019-11547 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Gitlab, published September 9, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.14%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.