CVE-2024-44625

HIGH

Gogs <= 0.13.0 - Path Traversal via editFilePost Function

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-44625. PoCs published by Fysac.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2024-44625 in Gogs by creating a repository, pushing a symlink to a hook file, and then editing the symlink to execute arbitrary commands (e.g., `id > /tmp/exploit_success`). The exploit leverages improper symlink handling in the web interface to achieve remote code execution.

Description

Gogs <=0.13.0 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the editFilePost function of internal/route/repo/editor.go.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 7 stars

by Fysac · poc

https://github.com/Fysac/CVE-2024-44625

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This PoC exploits CVE-2024-44625 in Gogs by creating a repository, pushing a symlink to a hook file, and then editing the symlink to execute arbitrary commands (e.g., `id > /tmp/exploit_success`). The exploit leverages improper symlink handling in the web interface to achieve remote code execution.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Gogs 0.13.0

Auth required

Prerequisites: Valid user credentials with repository push permissions · Access to the Gogs web interface

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://fysac.github.io/posts/2024/11/unpatched-remote-code-execution-in-gogs/

Product

https://gogs.io/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.8179

EPSS Percentile 99.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (2)

gogs/gogs < 0.13.0

gogs.io/gogs 0 - 0.13.2Go

Published Nov 15, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026