CVE-2025-68942 json
Gitea allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text
published 2025-12-26 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-13 26 d ago also BIT-gitea-2025-68942 , EUVD-2025-205413 , GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r , GO-2025-4263
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Gitea before 1.22.2 allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text.
Patch / fix
- go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.22.2
- bitnami gitea 1.22.2
- Gitea Gitea 1.22.2
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20251230T014957-150000.1.134.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0037-1
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea#31966 pull request
- github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.2 release
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-68942 updated cvss 5.4
gitea: Gitea: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via search input
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-cli-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-watcher-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-webhook-rhel8, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-controller-rhel8affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-cli-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-watcher-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-webhook-rhel9, openshift-pipelines/pipelines-pipelines-as-code-controller-rhel9not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | code.gitea.io/gitea | <1.22.2 |
1.22.2 |
| bitnami | gitea | <1.22.2 |
1.22.2 |
Affected products
- Gitea Gitea
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/pull/31966
web, issue-tracking, patch
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.22.2/
release-notes, article
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.2
web, release-notes, article
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68942
advisory, web
-
blog.gitea.com
/release-of-1.22.2
web
-
github.com
/go-gitea/gitea
package
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-68942
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r
- NVD CVE-2025-68942
- OSV BIT-gitea-2025-68942
- OSV GO-2025-4263
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