CVE-2025-68946

In Gitea before 1.20.1, a forbidden URL scheme such as javascript: can be used for a link, aka XSS.

Published: 2025-12-26 Last update: 2025-12-31 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-68946 is rated Low Risk (26.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68946

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 2026-06-15 0.03% 0.22% +0.19%
2 2025-12-26 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68946

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68946

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-68946

GHSA-hq57-c72x-4774 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Gitea vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68946

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2025-68946: 1 source package rows (gitea); 13 state rows across 1 repos (edge-community); fixed 0, open 13. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-68946
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68946
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68946 medium priority: Ubuntu has no source package entries, 0 status rows across 0 suites (none): no status rows. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68946

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68946

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitea gitea < 1.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:gitea:gitea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-68946

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