High severity · published Sep 9, 2019
CVE-2019-5473
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification
7.2
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authentication issue was discovered in GitLab that allowed a bypass of email verification. This was addressed in GitLab 12.1.2 and 12.0.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
GitLab · GitLab
12.0.4; 12.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5473
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5473
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/11643
Exploit
https://hackerone.com/reports/565883
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