SB2022101409 - Multiple vulnerabilities in gogs
Published: October 14, 2022 Updated: April 27, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32174)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the select assignee component. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2024)
CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain SSH access to the server.
The vulnerability exists due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an os command in the repo editor upload path handling for the repository's .git directory when processing crafted repository uploads and file deletions on case-insensitive file systems. A remote user can upload a crafted config file and trigger crafted file deletion to gain SSH access to the server.
Only installations with repository upload enabled on case-insensitive file systems are vulnerable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.