CVE-2020-13271 — A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability allowed the execution of arbitrary J

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability allowed the execution of arbitrary Javascript code in the blobs API in all previous GitLab CE/EE versions through 13.0.1

01What is this vulnerability?

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability allowed the execution of arbitrary Javascript code in the blobs API in all previous GitLab CE/EE versions through 13.0.1

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitLab	GitLab	<12.9.8, >=12.10, <12.10.7, >=13.0, <13.0.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-06-10T14:25:15.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:11:19.411Z

09References

• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/200094
• hackerone.com — https://hackerone.com/reports/672150
• gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13271.json