SB2020021708 - Stored cross-site scripting in Keycloak

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1697)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in client settings. A remote authenticated attacker can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website via Application Links.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1697
• https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/commit/75457496325c4ae8963199a318d834d6a5eaad16#diff-a8224fb55ff896c3ddd2fcdaac260177
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGKEYCLOAK-548450