CVE-2019-5471
An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification...
An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.
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 input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.
- Record
CVE-2019-5471- 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 input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.
- Record
CVE-2019-5471- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-15053 No score
An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.
- Record
EUVD-2019-15053- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9vpf-9m6p-h2rr
An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification...
An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.
- Record
GHSA-9vpf-9m6p-h2rr- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An input validation and output encoding issue was discovered in the GitLab email notification feature which could result in a persistent XSS. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2, 12.0.4, and 11.11.6.
- Record
CVE-2019-5471- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2019-5471 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Gitlab, published September 9, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.