Server side cross-site scripting In gogs.io/gogs

Description

Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in repository issue list in Gogs

Impact

DisplayName allows all the characters from users, which leads to an XSS vulnerability when directly displayed in the issue list.

Patches

DisplayName is sanitized before being displayed. Users should upgrade to 0.12.9 or the latest 0.13.0+dev.

Workarounds

Check and update the existing users' display names that contain malicious characters.

References

N/A

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please post on https://github.com/gogs/gogs/pull/7009.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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