CVE-2022-27920

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    CVE-2022-27920

    Published: 25 Mar 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/27xxx/CVE-2022-27920.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KD4KX5N2PGMIOQR2IZWEUTZCCTPWU3EJ/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27920, https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/issues/728, https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/pull/721

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 744065276bee5d6b676e6a95c58f0f37e77793c3
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    10.0.0
    10.0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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