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CVE-2017-12158 (GCVE-0-2017-12158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:36
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Summary
It was found that Keycloak would accept a HOST header URL in the admin console and use it to determine web resource locations. An attacker could use this flaw against an authenticated user to attain reflected XSS via a malicious server.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2904 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2905 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2906 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489161 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101618 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat, Inc. keycloak Affected: 3.4.0
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Date Public
2017-10-17 00:00
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