CVE-2021-28378 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Gitea 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 allows XSS via certain issue data in some situations.

Published: 2021-03-15

Score: 3.7 Low

EPSS: 8.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-g95p-88p4-76cm	Cross-site Scripting in Gitea

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08762.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.gitea.io/2021/03/gitea-1.13.4-is-released/
https://github.com/PandatiX/CVE-2021-28378
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/14898

History

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Subscriptions

Gitea Gitea

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-15T05:20:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:40:14.222Z

Reserved: 2021-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28378

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-15T06:15:12.423

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:46:18.380

Link: CVE-2021-28378

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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