CVE-2018-1000559 — MEDIUM (6.1)

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-1000559?

CVE-2018-1000559 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.1/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2018-1000559?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Qutebrowser Qutebrowser.

Vulnerability Description

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).

CVSS Score

6.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality

LOW

Integrity

LOW

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qutebrowser	Qutebrowser	>= 0.11.0, < 1.3.3

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d652PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d652PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011ExploitThird Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-1000559?

CVE-2018-1000559 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). 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 ...

How severe is CVE-2018-1000559?

CVE-2018-1000559 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.1/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-1000559?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Qutebrowser Qutebrowser.