CVE-2025-68942: Gitea allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text

December 26, 2025

Gitea before 1.22.2 allows XSS because the search input box (for creating tags and branches) is v-html instead of v-text.

References

blog.gitea.com/release-of-1.22.2
github.com/advisories/GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r
github.com/go-gitea/gitea
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/31966
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.22.2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68942

Code Behaviors & Features

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