CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-0499

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/ Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:xapian:xapian-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-02 12:29

Updated : 2018-08-28 05:46

NVD link : CVE-2018-0499

Mitre link : CVE-2018-0499

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79