What is CVE-2020-1697?

CVE-2020-1697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Keycloak, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-1697?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Red Hat Keycloak

CVE-2020-1697

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Keycloak — versions All versions before 9.0.0
Redhat Keycloak
Redhat Single_sign-on — versions 7.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1697?: CVE-2020-1697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Keycloak, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-1697?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.