CVE-2018-0499 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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().

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01452.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux
Xapian	Xapian-core

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xapian:xapian-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0499
https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0499

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2018-07-02T12:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T03:28:10.931Z

Reserved: 2017-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-0499

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-02T12:29:00.220

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:30:59.487

Link: CVE-2018-0499

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-0499 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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