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CVE-2018-0499: Cross-site Scripting

July 2, 2018 (updated August 28, 2018)

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the xapian-core library that is wrapped by this gem due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().

References

  • lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0499
  • trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.4.6

Fixed versions

  • 1.4.6

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.4.6 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

gem/xapian-core/CVE-2018-0499.yml

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