CVE-2022-27920 — Cross-site Scripting in Libkiwix

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Kiwix LibkiwixDebian LibkiwixFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Latest updateMar 26

Description

libkiwix 10.0.0 and 10.0.1 allows XSS in the built-in webserver functionality via the search suggestions URL parameter. This is fixed in 10.1.0.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/libkiwix< libkiwix 10.1.0+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiankiwix/libkiwix< 10.1.0+dfsg-1+2
▶NVDkiwix/libkiwix10.0.0, 10.0.1+1

Also affects: Fedora 35

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f9mc-pgcm-862f: libkiwix 10↗2022-03-26
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OSV
CVE-2022-27920: libkiwix 10↗2022-03-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2022-27920: libkiwix - libkiwix 10.0.0 and 10.0.1 allows XSS in the built-in webserver functionality vi...↗2022
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CVE-2022-27920 — Cross-site Scripting in Libkiwix | cvebase