Summary
Cross site scripting via cookies in gogs
Workarounds
No need for workarounds.
References
N/A
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please post on https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/6953.
Impact
There is no known practical impact other than it is just possible to manipulate CSRF cookie and XSS the malicious user self.
Untrusted input is rendered as active markup in a victim's browser, which can run script in their session. Typical impact: session or credential theft, and actions taken as the user.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
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Invalid characters of CSRF tokens are stripped after reading cookie. Users should upgrade to 0.12.8 or the latest 0.13.0+dev.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792? GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792 is a low-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gogs.io/gogs (go), affecting versions < 0.12.8. It is fixed in 0.12.8. Untrusted input is rendered as active markup in a victim's browser, which can run script in their session.
- Which versions of gogs.io/gogs are affected by GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792? gogs.io/gogs (go) versions < 0.12.8 is affected.
- Is there a fix for GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792? Yes. GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792 is fixed in 0.12.8. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix GHSA-PJ96-4JHV-V792? Upgrade
gogs.io/gogsto 0.12.8 or later.