Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-27920
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libkiwix package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libkiwix | 10.1.0+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Debian:13 | libkiwix | 10.1.0+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Debian:14 | libkiwix | 10.1.0+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libkiwix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libkiwix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libkiwix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libkiwix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libkiwix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/pull/721 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/issues/728 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2022-d0fe2a444a vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA