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CVE-2022-31038

MEDIUM
Published 2022-06-08T17:40:11.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
5.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.481
Higher than 48.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

gogs

gogs

Affected Versions:

< 0.12.9

GitHub Security Advisories

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Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in repository issue list in Gogs

GHSA-xq4v-vrp9-vcf2

Advisory 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.

Affected Packages

Go gogs.io/gogs
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <0.12.9

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

WEB https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-xq4v-vrp9-vcf2
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31038
WEB https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009
WEB https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/155cae1de8916fc3fde78f350763034b7422caee
PACKAGE https://github.com/gogs/gogs
WEB https://github.com/gogs/gogs/releases/tag/v0.12.9

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: June 8, 2022, Modified: June 8, 2022

References

https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-xq4v-vrp9-vcf2
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009
https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/155cae1de8916fc3fde78f350763034b7422caee
Published: 2022-06-08T17:40:11.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-23T18:18:26.561Z
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