CVE-2018-1000559
qutebrowser version introduced in v0.11.0 (1179ee7a937fb31414d77d9970bac21095358449) contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in history command, qute://history page that can result in Via injected JavaScript code, a website can steal the user's browsing history. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must open a page with a specially crafted <title> attribute, and then open the qute://history site via the :history command. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in fixed in v1.3.3 (4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7, to be released today) and v1.4.0 (5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f, released later this week).
EPSS 0.50% · 66.5th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | qutebrowser | 0, 0.11.0-1, 1.0.4-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Jun 26, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000559 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000559 third-party-advisory