Improper Authentication in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2013-4580
Published: May 12, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41694
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4580
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GitLab, Inc
Affected software:
Gitlab Community Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
GitLab before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, and Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1, when using a MySQL backend, allows remote attackers to impersonate arbitrary users and bypass authentication via unspecified API calls.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4580
Install update from vendor's website.