CVE-2022-27920 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2022-03-25

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kiwix:libkiwix:10.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:kiwix:libkiwix:10.0.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-32408	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00876.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/issues/728
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/pull/721
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KD4KX5N2PGMIOQR2IZWEUTZCCTPWU3EJ/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Fedoraproject Fedora

Kiwix Libkiwix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-03-25T20:00:38.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T05:41:10.779Z

Reserved: 2022-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-27920

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-25T20:15:09.317

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:37:44.543

Link: CVE-2022-27920

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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