VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-45331
An Authentication Bypass vulnerability exists in Gitea before 1.5.0, which could let a malicious user gain privileges.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An Authentication Bypass vulnerability exists in Gitea before 1.5.0, which could let a malicious user gain privileges. If captured, the TOTP code for the 2FA can be submitted correctly more than once.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.42% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- gitea/gitea
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.gitea.io/2018/08/gitea-1.5.0-is-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/3878Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.gitea.io/2018/08/gitea-1.5.0-is-released/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/3878Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.