CVE-2022-27920

Medium

Published: 25 March 2022

Published

25 March 2022

Modified

21 November 2024

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0028 51.7th percentile

Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-27920 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Kiwix Libkiwix. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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 named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

kiwix

libkiwix

10.0.0, 10.0.1

fedoraproject

fedora

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.