xapian-core Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Also known as GHSA-7qw4-w7hf-22q3

Published 8 y ago 2018-07-02 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.0%

percentile 64%

Public exploits

none known

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().

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/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`
GitHub	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
rubygems	`xapian-core`	<1.4.6	1.4.6

Affected products

n/a Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

trac.xapian.org /wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
usn.ubuntu.com /3709-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
lists.xapian.org /pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0499 · advisory
github.com /rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/xapian-core/CVE-2018-0499.yml · web
usn.ubuntu.com /3709-1 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-0499
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-7qw4-w7hf-22q3
NVD: CVE-2018-0499

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Summary