CVE-2018-0499
N/A
Published: July 2, 2018 at 12:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxXapian Core
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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().
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 1.4.6
Affected range stops below 1.4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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