CVE-2018-1000559

Medium

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).

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductQutebrowser
PublishedJun 26, 2018
First seenJun 26, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • qutebrowser qutebrowser1.3.3 or later
  • qutebrowser1.3.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qutebrowser qutebrowser0.11.0 ≤ v < 1.3.31.3.3
qutebrowserPyPI0.11.0 ≤ v < 1.3.31.3.3

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