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.
Published: 2025-12-26
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r Gitea allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text
History

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title gitea: Gitea: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via search input
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
First Time appeared Gitea
Gitea gitea
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gitea
Gitea gitea
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-26T19:30:04.360Z

Reserved: 2025-12-26T02:50:34.878Z

Link: CVE-2025-68942

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-26T19:29:59.389Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-12-26T03:15:51.117

Modified: 2026-01-02T19:31:26.990

Link: CVE-2025-68942

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-26T02:50:35Z

Links: CVE-2025-68942 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses