CVE-2025-68946
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Gitea before 1.20.1, a forbidden URL scheme such as javascript: can be used for a link, aka XSS.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-2925Gitea: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-12-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Gitea ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen, und um Dateien zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-hq57-c72x-4774Gitea vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting2025-12-26ghsa · osvUS
In Gitea before 1.20.1, a forbidden URL scheme such as javascript: can be used for a link, aka XSS.
- BIT-gitea-2025-689462026-01-01vendor · osvUS
In Gitea before 1.20.1, a forbidden URL scheme such as javascript: can be used for a link, aka XSS.
- GO-2025-4265Gitea vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in code.gitea.io/gitea2025-12-30vendor · osvUS
Gitea vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in code.gitea.io/gitea
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202512-4793cnnvd
- EUVD-2025-205421enisa_euvd
- GHSA-hq57-c72x-4774enisa_euvd
- BIT-gitea-2025-68946osv
- GHSA-hq57-c72x-4774osv
- GO-2025-4265osv
sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-68946cnnvd
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.20.1/cnnvd
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/25960cnnvd
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.20.1cnnvd
- https://blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.20.1/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/25960enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.20.1enisa_euvd
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