Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU30294

Improper Privilege Management in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2020-12275

Published: April 29, 2020 / Updated: July 17, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30294

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12275

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition

Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

GitLab 12.6 through 12.9 is vulnerable to a privilege escalation that allows an external user to create a personal snippet through the API.

Install update from vendor's website.