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CVE-2019-18453

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.6 through 12.4 in the add comments via email feature. It has Insecure Permissions.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Gitlab — Gitlab

CWEs

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