CVE-2020-1721

pki-core: KRA vulnerable to reflected XSS via the getPk12 page

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 3, 2020

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service where it did not properly sanitize the recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted Javascript code.

Statement

This vulnerability is rated Low : the web UI uses client TLS authentication, therefore stealing session cookies will not be sufficient for unauthorized access. The vulnerable page itself does not contain secrets.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 4.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')