PT-2015-5028 · Kiwix · Kiwix

Kelson42 · Published 2015-01-21 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2015-1032

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kiwix versions prior to 0.9.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pattern parameter to the "/search" API endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.1, update to version 0.9.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "/search" API endpoint or avoiding the use of the pattern parameter until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-1032

Affected Products

Kiwix

References · 8

• 🔥 http://sourceforge.net/p/kiwix/bugs/763 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130007/Kiwix-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1032 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1032 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1032 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1032 · Security Note
• http://sourceforge.net/p/kiwix/kiwix/ci/d1af5f0375c6db24d4071acf4806735725fd206e · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534502/100/0/threaded · Note