CVE-2015-1032
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kiwix before 0.9.1, when using kiwix-serve, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pattern parameter to /search.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.0.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.0.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.0.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.0.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.0.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| kiwix | kiwix | {"endIncluding":"0.9"} | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130007/Kiwix-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/kiwix/bugs/763/
- http://sourceforge.net/p/kiwix/kiwix/ci/d1af5f0375c6db24d4071acf4806735725fd206e
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534502/100/0/threaded
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1032
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.