Forgejo
CVE-2023-49946
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Permission assignment review
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| Impact | CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access resources due to misconfigured permissions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
In Forgejo before 1.20.5-1, certain endpoints do not check whether an object belongs to a repository for which permissions are being checked. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Review and restrict file/resource permissions, apply principle of least privilege.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Permission Assignment (CWE-732), which allows attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions. In Forgejo before 1.20.5-1, certain endpoints do not check whether an object belongs to a repository for which permissions are being checked. This allows remote attackers to read private issues, read private pull requests, delete issues, and perform other unauthorized actions. Affected products include: Forgejo. Version information: before 1.20.5.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
In Forgejo before 1.20.5-1, certain endpoints do not check whether an object belongs to a repository for which permissions are being checked. This allows remote attackers to read private issues, read private pull requests, delete issues, and perform other unauthorized actions.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Remote code execution in Forgejo before 16.0.4 allows an authenticated user who can supply a template repository to run
Forgejo before 13.0.2 (and the 11 LTS line before 11.0.7) mishandles out-of-repository symlink destinations when generat
Forgejo before 1.20.5-1 allows 2FA bypass when docker login uses Basic Authentication. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), t
Unauthenticated blind server-side request forgery in Forgejo (through 15.0.11, 16.0.0 through 16.0.7, and 17.0.0 through
Forgejo's restore-repo CLI can be induced to read files outside the dump directory - including repository configuration
Server-side request forgery in Forgejo up to 15.0.4 allows authenticated users to bypass the repository migration IP all
Stored XSS in Forgejo before 15.0.3 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary JavaScript in other users' browsers
Forgejo through 15.0.11, 16.0.0 through 16.0.7, and 17.0.0 through 17.0.1 lets an authenticated user with a read:user-sc
Forgejo before 1.20.5-1 allows remote attackers to test for the existence of private user accounts by appending .rss (or
Identity spoofing in Forgejo's ActivityPub federation allows a remote attacker who controls any single valid ActivityPub
Restricted API token authorization bypass in Forgejo before 16.0.4 (and before 15.0.8 on the 15.x branch) allows authent
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