keycloak/keycloak · Security
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Keycloak via groups dropdown
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-755v-r4x4-qf7m
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
Description
Summary
A Stored XSS vulnerability was reported in the Keycloak Security mailing list, affecting all the versions of Keycloak, including the latest release (16.0.1). The vulnerability allows a privileged attacker to execute malicious scripts in the admin console, abusing of the groups' dropdown functionality.
Impact
Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result a privileged attacker to load a XSS script, and steal data from other users. The impact can be considered moderate to low, considering privileged credentials are required.
References
- Please refer to the Keycloak Security mailing list for more information.
CWEs
- CWE-80 · Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)