What is CVE-2022-1928?

CVE-2022-1928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-1928?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Gitea

CVE-2022-1928

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository go-gitea/gitea prior to 1.16.9.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gitea
Go-Gitea Go-Gitea/gitea — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/6336ec42-5c4d-4f61-ae38-2bb539f433d2 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/go-gitea/gitea/commit/65e0688a5c9dacad50e71024b7529fdf0e3c2e9c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-14 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1928?: CVE-2022-1928 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitea, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-1928?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.