GitLab 8.11.x - 11.2.6, 11.3.x - 11.3.7, 11.4.x - 11.4.2 Missing Authorization Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170054");
  script_version("2025-08-29T05:38:41+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-29 05:38:41 +0000 (Fri, 29 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-03-25 19:01:02 +0000 (Fri, 25 Mar 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-03 00:03:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Oct 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18647");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("GitLab 8.11.x - 11.2.6, 11.3.x - 11.3.7, 11.4.x - 11.4.2 Missing Authorization Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_gitlab_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("gitlab/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"GitLab is prone to a missing authorization vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An unauthorized user can delete protected branch's merge
  access levels and push access levels.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"GitLab version 8.11.x through 11.2.6, 11.3.x through 11.3.7
  and 11.4.x through 11.4.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 11.2.7, 11.3.8, 11.4.3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/7538");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "8.11.0", test_version2: "11.2.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "11.2.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "11.3.0", test_version2: "11.3.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "11.3.8", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "11.4.0", test_version2: "11.4.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "11.4.3", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);