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CVE-2020-13265 (GCVE-0-2020-13265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-19 21:42 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:11
VLAI
Summary
User email verification bypass in GitLab CE/EE 12.5 and later through 13.0.1 allows user to bypass email verification
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Insufficient verification of data authenticity in GitLab
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GitLab GitLab Affected: >=12.5, <12.9.8
Affected: >=12.10, <12.10.7
Affected: >=13.0, <13.0.1
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Credits
Thanks @zapprising for reporting this vulnerability through our HackerOne bug bounty program
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