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().

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Configuration 2 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-07-02 12:29

Updated : 2018-08-28 17:46

NVD link : CVE-2018-0499

Mitre link : CVE-2018-0499

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-0499

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

xapian

xapian-core

CWE

CWE-79

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

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