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Gitea 1.7.2 - 1.7.3 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType 
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Gitea 1.7.2 and 1.7.3 XSS Vulnerability, allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in victim's browser

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:gitea:gitea";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114116");
  script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-07-30 14:12:11 +0200 (Tue, 30 Jul 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-07-12 17:03:00 +0000 (Fri, 12 Jul 2019)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-1010314");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Gitea 1.7.2 - 1.7.3 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_gitea_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("gitea/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gitea is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Gitea is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the
  repository's description.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute
  JavaScript in the victim's browser, when the vulnerable repository page is being loaded.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Gitea versions 1.7.2 and 1.7.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.7.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.7.4");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version == "1.7.2" || version == "1.7.3") {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.7.4", install_path: path);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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17 Sep 2025 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.1
EPSS0.00848
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