CVE-2022-27920

NameCVE-2022-27920
Descriptionlibkiwix 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1008483

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libkiwix (PTS)bullseye9.4.1+dfsg-1fixed
bookworm11.0.0-2fixed
sid, trixie12.1.1-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libkiwixsourcebuster(not affected)
libkiwixsourcebullseye(not affected)
libkiwixsource(unstable)10.1.0+dfsg-11008483

Notes

[bullseye] - libkiwix <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[buster] - libkiwix <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/issues/728
https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/pull/721

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