CVE-2019-12442
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page contained a lack of input validation and output encoding issue which resulted in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.
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 Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page contained a lack of input validation and output encoding issue which resulted in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.
- Record
CVE-2019-12442- 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
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page contained a lack of input validation and output encoding issue which resulted in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.
- Record
CVE-2019-12442- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4051 No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page contained a lack of input validation and output encoding issue which resulted in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.
- Record
EUVD-2019-4051- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx75-44jc-g7gv No score
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page...
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page contained a lack of input validation and output encoding issue which resulted in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.
- Record
GHSA-cx75-44jc-g7gv- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.7 through 11.11. The epic details page contained a lack of input validation and output encoding issue which resulted in a persistent XSS vulnerability on child epics.
- Record
CVE-2019-12442- 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
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-2019-12442 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Gitlab, published March 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 53rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.