CVE-2020-13297
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. When 2 factor authentication was enabled for groups, a malicious user could bypass that restriction by sending a specific query to the API endpoint.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.8–5.4
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affected products (17)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1087GitLab: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-09-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GitLab ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting oder Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder vertrauliche Daten einzusehen.
- BIT-gitlab-2020-132972024-03-06vendor · osvUS
A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. When 2 factor authentication was enabled for groups, a malicious user could bypass that restriction by sending a specific query to the API endpoint.
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references (12)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/50355cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13297.jsoncnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32215cnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/691592cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13297cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3028/cnnvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-13297.jsonenisa_euvd
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/32215enisa_euvd
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