🛡️ CVE-2022-27920 on Debian — libkiwix

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-27920 as tracked by Debian, for the package libkiwix. The fix is available in version 10.1.0+dfsg-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libkiwix (fixed in 10.1.0+dfsg-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 March 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-27920 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-03-25
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libkiwix — 10.1.0+dfsg-1

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