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Vulnerability details: VCID-nr8h-9hfg-8bhr
Vulnerability ID VCID-nr8h-9hfg-8bhr
Aliases GHSA-w8v7-c7pm-7wfr
Summary Duplicate Advisory: Keycloak vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) ## Duplicate Advisory This advisory is a duplicate of [GHSA-w9mf-83w3-fv49](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9mf-83w3-fv49). This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description A stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was found in keycloak as shipped in Red Hat Single Sign-On 7. This flaw allows a privileged attacker to execute malicious scripts in the admin console, abusing the default roles functionality.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2101942
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2101942
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8v7-c7pm-7wfr
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-w9mf-83w3-fv49
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-w9mf-83w3-fv49
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2256
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2256
Reference id Reference type URL
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2101942
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-w9mf-83w3-fv49
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2256
GHSA-w8v7-c7pm-7wfr https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8v7-c7pm-7wfr
No exploits are available.
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=2101942
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/security/advisories/GHSA-w9mf-83w3-fv49
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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-2022-2256
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:18.863655+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/09/GHSA-w8v7-c7pm-7wfr/GHSA-w8v7-c7pm-7wfr.json 38.0.0