CVE-2022-27920

MEDIUM

libkiwix 10.0.0-10.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Search Suggestions URL Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/pull/721
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/issues/728

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 35
kiwix/libkiwix 10.0.0
kiwix/libkiwix 10.0.1
Published Mar 25, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026