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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2020-25715 json

A flaw was found in pki-core 10.9.0.

published 2021-05-28 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-18369

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in pki-core 10.9.0. A specially crafted POST request can be used to reflect a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search query form which can get automatically executed. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Patch / fix

  • dogtag-pki Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25715

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  • jss RHEL 8 4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • xsom RHEL 8 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c
  • slf4j RHEL 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c
  • pki-ca RHEL 8 10.9.4-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • ldapjdk RHEL 8 4.22.0-1.module+el8.3.0+6784+6e1e4c62
  • pki-kra RHEL 8 10.9.4-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • stax-ex RHEL 8 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff
  • bea-stax RHEL 8 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4847RHSA-2021:1263RHSA-2021:0975RHSA-2021:0851RHSA-2021:0819

  • xsom Rocky Linux 8 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.5.0+697+f586bb30
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+74+855e3f5d
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+133+b8b54b58
  • ldapjdk Rocky Linux 8 4.22.0-1.module+el8.4.0+418+b7ae1d4a
  • stax-ex Rocky Linux 8 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • bea-stax Rocky Linux 8 1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • resteasy Rocky Linux 8 3.0.26-3.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4847

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-25715 updated cvss 5.9

pki-core: XSS in the certificate search results

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pki-ca, pki-core, pki-util, pki-setup, pki-common, pki-silent, +7 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) jss 4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219, slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, pki-ca 10.9.4-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219, stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff, velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, ldapjdk 4.22.0-1.module+el8.3.0+6784+6e1e4c62, +44 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4847
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) jss 4.6.2-12.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, ldapjdk 4.21.0-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-ca 10.8.3-6.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, pki-kra 10.8.3-6.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, tomcatjss 7.4.1-2.module+el8.2.0+6294+b7db4606, pki-base 10.8.3-6.module+el8.2.0+10554+cf83aa72, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:1263
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-12.el7_9, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-12.el7_9, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0851
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.6) pki-ca 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-kra 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-base 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-core 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-tools 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-server 10.5.9-15.el7_6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0819
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.7) pki-ca 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-kra 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-base 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-core 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-tools 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-server 10.5.16-7.el7_7, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0975
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-base 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-core 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-tools 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-server 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-base-java 10.5.9-15.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-kra 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-base 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-core 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-tools 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-server 10.5.9-15.el7_6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0819
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-12.el7_9, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0851
show 7 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) pki-ca 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-kra 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-base 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-core 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-tools 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-server 10.5.9-15.el7_6, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0819
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.7) pki-ca 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-kra 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-base 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-core 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-tools 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-server 10.5.16-7.el7_7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0975
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-12.el7_9, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0851
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.6) pki-ca 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-kra 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-base 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-core 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-tools 10.5.9-15.el7_6, pki-server 10.5.9-15.el7_6, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0819
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.7) pki-ca 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-kra 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-base 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-core 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-tools 10.5.16-7.el7_7, pki-server 10.5.16-7.el7_7, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0975
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) pki-ca 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-kra 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-base 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-core 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-tools 10.5.18-12.el7_9, pki-server 10.5.18-12.el7_9, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) pki-javadoc 10.5.18-12.el7_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0851
  • Red Hat Certificate System 10 pki-core
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1891016 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a pki-core

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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