Name: CVE-2019-5471: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-5471, CWE-79, CVSS 5.4, EPSS 0.00789

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.4
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gitlab Gitlab	—	Upgrade Gitlab to the latest version	Sep 18, 2025	Sep 9, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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