CVE-2025-68942 — Cross-site Scripting in Gitea

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Code.gitea.io GiteaGitea
Timeline
PublishedDec 26
Latest updateDec 30

Description

Gitea before 1.22.2 allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.3 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDgitea/gitea< 1.22.2
▶Gocode.gitea.io/gitea< 1.22.2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
Gitea allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text in code.gitea.io/gitea↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
Gitea allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text↗2025-12-26
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OSV
Gitea allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text↗2025-12-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
gitea: Gitea: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via search input↗2025-12-26
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2025-68942 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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