Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting xapian-core package, versions <1.4.6-1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published14 Aug 2026
- disclosed2 Jul 2018
Introduced: 2 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-0499 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest xapian-core to version 1.4.6-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xapian-core package and not the xapian-core package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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().