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Vulnerability details: VCID-675z-39ka-s3as
Vulnerability ID VCID-675z-39ka-s3as
Aliases CVE-2020-1697
GHSA-8vf3-4w62-m3pq
Summary XSS in Keycloak It was found in all keycloak versions before 9.0.0 that links to external applications (Application Links) in the admin console are not validated properly and could allow Stored XSS attacks. An authed malicious user could create URLs to trick users in other realms, and possibly conduct further attacks.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1697.json
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1697
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1697
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vf3-4w62-m3pq
cvssv2 3.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1697
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1697
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1697
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1697.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1697
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1697
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1697
1791538 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791538
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:keycloak:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-8vf3-4w62-m3pq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vf3-4w62-m3pq
RHSA-2020:2252 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2252
RHSA-2020:2905 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2905
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1697.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1697
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1697
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1697
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.51366
EPSS Score 0.00283
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:46:04.452083+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/04/GHSA-8vf3-4w62-m3pq/GHSA-8vf3-4w62-m3pq.json 37.0.0