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GHSA-XQ4V-VRP9-VCF2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-06-08 22:24 – Updated: 2022-06-08 22:24

Summary

Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in repository issue list in Gogs

Details

Impact

DisplayName allows all the characters from users, which leads to an XSS vulnerability when directly displayed in the issue list.

Patches

DisplayName is sanitized before being displayed. Users should upgrade to 0.12.9 or the latest 0.13.0+dev.

Workarounds

Check and update the existing users' display names that contain malicious characters.

References

N/A

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please post on https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "gogs.io/gogs"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            }
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    "nvd_published_at": "2022-06-09T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n`DisplayName` allows all the characters from users, which leads to an XSS vulnerability when directly displayed in the issue list.\n\n### Patches\n`DisplayName` is sanitized before being displayed. Users should upgrade to 0.12.9 or the latest 0.13.0+dev.\n\n### Workarounds\nCheck and update the existing users\u0027 display names that contain malicious characters.\n\n### References\nN/A\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please post on https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009.\n",
  "id": "GHSA-xq4v-vrp9-vcf2",
  "modified": "2022-06-08T22:24:25Z",
  "published": "2022-06-08T22:24:25Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/155cae1de8916fc3fde78f350763034b7422caee"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in repository issue list in Gogs"
}

CVE-2022-31038 (GCVE-0-2022-31038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-08 17:40 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:18

Title

XSS vulnerability in repository issue list in Gogs

Summary

Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. In versions of gogs prior to 0.12.9 `DisplayName` does not filter characters input from users, which leads to an XSS vulnerability when directly displayed in the issue list. This issue has been resolved in commit 155cae1d which sanitizes `DisplayName` prior to display to the user. All users of gogs are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should check their users' display names for malicious characters.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 14:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7771 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/155cae1de8916…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
gogs	gogs	Affected: < 0.12.9

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