Stored cross-site scripting in gogs - CVE-2022-32174
Published: October 14, 2022 / Updated: April 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68308
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32174
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
gogs
Storage Defender – Data Protect
Storage Defender – Data Protect
How to mitigate CVE-2022-32174
Install update from vendor's website.
gogs - update to 0.12.11
Storage Defender – Data Protect - update to 1.4.0
Storage Defender – Data Protect - update to 1.4.0