Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting pki-core:10.6/tomcatjss package, versions <0:7.5.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7355+c59bcbd9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PKICORE-3920645
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Mar 2021

Introduced: 2 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-25715  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 pki-core:10.6/tomcatjss to version 0:7.5.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7355+c59bcbd9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4847.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pki-core:10.6/tomcatjss package and not the pki-core:10.6/tomcatjss package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in pki-core 10.9.0. A specially crafted POST request can be used to reflect a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search query form which can get automatically executed. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

CVSS Scores

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