GiteaApplication
CVE-2019-1010314
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedGitea 1.7.2, 1.7.3 is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: execute JavaScript in victim's browser, when the vulnerable repo page is loaded. The component is: repository's description. The attack vector is: victim must navigate to public and affected repo page.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA stored XSS vulnerability exists in Gitea versions 1.7.2 and 1.7.3 within the repository description field. An attacker with repo creation/edit permissions can inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the browsers of users who view the affected repository's page.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
GiteaApplication
= 1.7.2= 1.7.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed Gitea versionAccess the Gitea admin dashboard or run 'gitea --version' from the command line to determine the exact version numberAffected if Version is exactly 1.7.2 or 1.7.3
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Identify repositories with edit permissionsReview which users or groups have repository creation or edit permissions in the Gitea user management panelAffected if Any user account with repo creation or edit access exists in the system
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Inspect repository description fieldsQuery the database or use the API to list all repository descriptions, looking for content containing script tags, javascript:, onload, onerror, or other XSS vectorsAffected if Any repository description contains HTML/JavaScript injection patterns
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Review recent repository modificationsCheck Gitea's activity log or audit logs for recent edits to repository descriptions, especially from users who should not have edit permissionsAffected if Suspicious or unexpected edits to repository descriptions are found
Your environment is affected if you are running Gitea version 1.7.2 or 1.7.3 and any repository description field contains or can contain untrusted user-supplied content.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Gitea to a patched version. Until then, users should exercise caution when viewing repository pages from untrusted sources.
Fix this in Gitea
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2019-1010314 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-1010314 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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