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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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 before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It allows XSS.

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CVE-2018-20491
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1 Nov 2026, 08:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-20491

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Dec 2019, 22:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2018-20491
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20491",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-20491",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20491",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:15.931530479Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/54008"
      ],
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439997,
  "published_at": "2019-12-30T22:15:11.73+00:00"
}