Medium severity · published Mar 15, 2021
CVE-2021-28378
Gitea 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 allows XSS via certain issue data in some situations
5.4
CVSS
8.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Gitea 1.12.x and 1.13.x before 1.13.4 allows XSS via certain issue data in some situations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.8% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Gitea · Gitea
1.12.0 through 1.12.6; 1.13.0 before 1.13.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28378
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28378
Release Notes
https://blog.gitea.io/2021/03/gitea-1.13.4-is-released/
Exploit
https://github.com/PandatiX/CVE-2021-28378
Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/14898
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