CVE-2022-27920

libkiwix 10.0.0 and 10.0.1 allows XSS in the built-in webserver functionality via the search...

6.1 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.89%Unchanged since Mar 26, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

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.

Record: CVE-2022-27920
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

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.

Record: CVE-2022-27920
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-32408 No score

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.

Record: EUVD-2022-32408
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f9mc-pgcm-862f 6.1

libkiwix 10.0.0 and 10.0.1 allows XSS in the built-in webserver functionality via the search...

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.

Record: GHSA-f9mc-pgcm-862f
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920 6.1

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.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

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.

Record: CVE-2022-27920
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920 No score

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.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27920
Updated: 2026-11-03

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`libkiwix` Debian:12	before 10.1.0+dfsg-1	10.1.0+dfsg-1
`libkiwix` Debian:13	before 10.1.0+dfsg-1	10.1.0+dfsg-1
`libkiwix` Debian:14	before 10.1.0+dfsg-1	10.1.0+dfsg-1
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 0.2.0-1	None known
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 3.1.1-13.1.1-1build23.1.1-1build4	None known
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 9.4.1+dfsg-110.0.0+dfsg-210.0.0+dfsg-2build1	None known
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 12.0.0-312.1.1-112.1.1-1build112.1.1-1.112.1.1-1.1build112.1.1-1.1build2	None known
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 14.0.0-1.1	None known
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 14.0.0-1.1build114.2.1-0.114.2.1-0.1build1	None known
`libkiwix` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 14.0.0-1.114.0.0-1.1build1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-27920 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Kiwix Libkiwix, published March 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.89%, the 59th percentile. Fixed in libkiwix 10.1.0+dfsg-1.

References

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