UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27920
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27920
Upstream
Published
2022-03-25T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:53:36Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

libkiwix

Package

Name
libkiwix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkiwix@0.2.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.2.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix0",
            "binary_version": "0.2.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

libkiwix

Package

Name
libkiwix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkiwix@3.1.1-1build4?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.1-1
3.1.1-1build2
3.1.1-1build4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1-1build4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix3",
            "binary_version": "3.1.1-1build4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

libkiwix

Package

Name
libkiwix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkiwix@10.0.0+dfsg-2build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.4.1+dfsg-1

10.*

10.0.0+dfsg-2
10.0.0+dfsg-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix-dev",
            "binary_version": "10.0.0+dfsg-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix10",
            "binary_version": "10.0.0+dfsg-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

libkiwix

Package

Name
libkiwix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkiwix@12.1.1-1.1build2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

12.*

12.0.0-3
12.1.1-1
12.1.1-1build1
12.1.1-1.1
12.1.1-1.1build1
12.1.1-1.1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix-dev",
            "binary_version": "12.1.1-1.1build2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix12t64",
            "binary_version": "12.1.1-1.1build2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

libkiwix

Package

Name
libkiwix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkiwix@14.0.0-1.1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

12.*

12.1.1-1.1build2
12.1.1-1.1ubuntu1

14.*

14.0.0-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix-dev",
            "binary_version": "14.0.0-1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix14",
            "binary_version": "14.0.0-1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

libkiwix

Package

Name
libkiwix
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libkiwix@14.0.0-1.1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

14.*

14.0.0-1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix-dev",
            "binary_version": "14.0.0-1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkiwix14",
            "binary_version": "14.0.0-1.1"
        }
    ]
}