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CVE-2014-8681 — gogs

MEDIUMFix: gogits/gogs@83283bc

CVE-2014-8681 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) SQL Injection vulnerability in gogs.io/gogs. 5 public exploit references exist, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for gogs.io/gogs — see the affected versions and patch details below.

SQL Injection in gogs.io/gogs

Also known asGO-2020-0021
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
5 known
Exploitation data as of Oct 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
4.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs91th percentile — riskier than 91% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
3.82%4.92%6.03%7.13%6.5%4.4%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2014-8681 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
🐹gogs.io/gogs🐹github.com/gogits/gogs

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the GetIssues function in models/issue.go in Gogs (aka Go Git Service) 0.3.1-9 through 0.5.6.x before 0.5.6.1025 Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the label parameter to user/repos/issues.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐹Gogogs.io/gogs≥ 0.3.1&&< 0.5.80.5.8go get gogs.io/gogs@v0.5.8
🐹Gogithub.com/gogits/gogs≥ 0.3.1&&< 0.5.80.5.8go get github.com/gogits/gogs@v0.5.8

Affected Products

1 product · 6 configurations
Application
gogsgogits
≤ 0.5.5
5 versions
0.3.1-90.4.10.4.20.5.00.5.2
Exploits & PoCs
5

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

EDB-35237webappsmultiple

Gogs - 'label' SQL Injection

by Timo Schmid · Nov 14, 2014

Exploit-DB Source

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gogs.io/gogs, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update gogs.io/gogs to 0.5.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2014-8681 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

SQL injection vulnerability in the GetIssues function in models/issue.go in Gogs (aka Go Git Service) 0.3.1-9 through 0.5.6.x before 0.5.6.1025 Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the label parameter to user/repos/issues.
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CVE-2014-8681: gogs SQL Injection — Fixed in 0.5.8