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CVE-2020-1697

It was found in all keycloak versions before 9.0.0 that links to external applications (Application Links) in the admin

It was found in all keycloak versions before 9.0.0 that links to external applications (Application Links) in the admin console are not validated properly and could allow Stored XSS attacks. An authed malicious user could create URLs to trick users in other realms, and possibly conduct further attacks.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 0.00283
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
redhat keycloak< 9.0.0
redhat single sign-onall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.keycloak:keycloak-core MODERATE fixed in 9.0.0
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Scoring & Timeline

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD10 Feb 2020 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2020:2813Low
rhsaRHSA-2020:2905Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2020:2252Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2020:0445Moderate
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1697Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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