--- title: Forgejo Security Release v8.0.1 & v7.0.7 | daily.dev description: Forgejo v8.0.1 and v7.0.7 have been released to fix a stored XSS vulnerability introduced in v1.21. Registered users with write access to a repository... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-security-release-v8-0-1-v7-0-7-97hfw14y0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Forgejo Security Release v8.0.1 & v7.0.7 | daily.dev og:description: Forgejo v8.0.1 and v7.0.7 have been released to fix a stored XSS vulnerability introduced in v1.21. Registered users with write access to a repository... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/forgejo-security-release-v8-0-1-v7-0-7-97hfw14y0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/97hFW14Y0.png og:image:alt: Forgejo Security Release v8.0.1 & v7.0.7 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Forgejo Security Release v8.0.1 & v7.0.7 **[Forgejo News](https://daily.dev/sources/forgejo)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Forgejo v8.0.1 and v7.0.7 have been released to fix a stored XSS vulnerability introduced in v1.21. Registered users with write access to a repository description could inject a javascript: URI into anchor elements, which would execute upon clicking. The fix enforces AllowStandardURLs via the bluemonday policy, restricting URIs to mailto:, http://, and https://. 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