CVE-2014-8683

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in models/issue.go in Gogs (aka Go Git Service) 0.3.1-9 through 0.5.x before 0.5.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to api/v1/markdown.

Published: 2014-11-21 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8683 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8683

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8683

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-05 0.38% 0.30% -0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.32% 0.38% +0.06%
3 2025-03-29 0.32%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8683

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8683

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-8683

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8683

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gogits gogs <= 0.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:gogits:gogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gogits gogs 0.3.1-9 cpe:2.3:a:gogits:gogs:0.3.1-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gogits gogs 0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gogits:gogs:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gogits gogs 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:gogits:gogs:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gogits gogs 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:gogits:gogs:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gogits gogs 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:gogits:gogs:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8683

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