XSS in Red Hat Keycloak

CVE-2022-0225

A flaw was found in Keycloak. This flaw allows a privileged attacker to use the malicious payload as the group name while creating a new group from the admin console, leading to a stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.027 (84.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0225?
CVE-2022-0225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Keycloak, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-0225?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0225 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.