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critical 9.8

CVE-2024-6886 in the critical feed json

Inproper Sanitation of field leading to stored XSS

published 2y ago modified 2mo ago also GHSA-4h4p-553m-46qh , GO-2024-3056 , EUVD-2024-2490

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
33.0%
EPSS 33.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Gitea Open Source Git Server: 1.22.0.

Patch / fix

  • go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.22.1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2024-6886 updated cvss 8.8

Gitea: Stored XSS due to improper sanitization

  • Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines openshift-pipelines-client Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) odh-ml-pipelines-cache-container, odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-container, odh-ml-pipelines-artifact-manager-container, odh-ml-pipelines-persistenceagent-container, odh-ml-pipelines-scheduledworkflow-container Red Hat OpenShift Data Science (RHODS) rhods/odh-ml-pipelines-cache-rhel8, rhods/odh-ml-pipelines-api-server-rhel8, rhods/odh-ml-pipelines-artifact-manager-rhel8, rhods/odh-ml-pipelines-persistenceagent-rhel8, rhods/odh-ml-pipelines-scheduledworkflow-rhel8
    not affected: vulnerable code not present “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.”
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel9, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle
    not affected: component not present “Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

32.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go code.gitea.io/gitea
<1.22.1
1.22.1

Affected products

  • Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server
  • gitea gitea

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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