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

What is CVE-2025-68942?

CVE-2025-68942 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Gitea Gitea, published on 26 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68942?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including code.gitea.io/gitea and gitea. It affects 1 product.

Products include Gitea Gitea.

How do I fix CVE-2025-68942?

Upgrade code.gitea.io/gitea to 1.22.2 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-68942 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68942 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Gitea Gitea

• CVE-2026-60004 Gitea Code Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-73278 Gitea WebAuthn bypass during OAuth and OIDC sign-in Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-94205 Gitea fork workflow approval bypass through maintainer-triggered events Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-42968 Gitea vulnerable to Argument Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-45330 Improper Privilege Management in Gitea Critical 9.8

All Gitea Gitea vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-gitea-2025-68942, GHSA-898p-hh3p-hf9r, GO-2025-4263.