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CVE-2024-6886

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-6886 is a critical Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Gitea Open Source Git Server version 1.22.0, stemming from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists in the form of Nuclei templates, and despite its critical nature, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
GiteaGitea Open Source Git Server
1.22.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
HIGH
SS Integrity
HIGH
SS Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
32.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2024-6886 · Jan 25, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3297 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: code.gitea.io/giteaFixed in: 1.22.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-4h4p-553m-46qhcritical

Gitea Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Aug 6, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-6886Important

Gitea: Stored XSS due to improper sanitization

Jul 9, 2024

References

blog.gitea.com / release-of-1.22.1
github.com / go-gitea/gitea/pull/31200