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CVE-2022-1928: 
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-1928 is a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in the GitHub repository go-gitea/gitea affecting versions prior to 1.16.9. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 29, 2022, and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NVD (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assessed with multiple CVSS scores: NVD assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while huntr.dev assigned a score of 4.4 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to execute stored cross-site scripting attacks, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information and manipulation of web content. The impact is considered moderate as it requires user interaction and authenticated access (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in Gitea version 1.16.9 and later. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version. For Gentoo Linux users, the recommended action is to upgrade to version 1.17.3 or later using the command: emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/gitea-1.17.3" (Gentoo).

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