Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting qutebrowser package, versions <1.3.3-1
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- published26 Jun 2018
- disclosed26 Jun 2018
Introduced: 26 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-1000559 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 qutebrowser to version 1.3.3-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qutebrowser package and not the qutebrowser package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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).