Stored cross-site scripting in Keycloak - CVE-2022-2256
Published: October 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67933
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2256
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when handling roles functionality in the admin console. The vulnerability allows a privileged user to inject and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in victim's browser.
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.
Affected software
Keycloak
Red Hat Single Sign-On
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package)
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration
Red Hat Single Sign-On
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package)
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration
How to mitigate CVE-2022-2256
Install update from vendor's website.
Keycloak - update to 19.0.2
Red Hat Single Sign-On - update to 7.5.3
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, 15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration - update to 1.4
Red Hat Single Sign-On - update to 7.5.3
rh-sso7-keycloak (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el7sso, 15.0.8-1.redhat_00001.1.el8sso
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration - update to 1.4