CVE-2018-1000559
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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).
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-m4fw-77v7-924mQutebrowser XSS Vulnerability2018-09-13ghsa · osvUS
qutebrowser version introduced in v0.11.0 ([1179ee7a937fb31414d77d9970bac21095358449](https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f)) 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](https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7), to be released today) and v1.4.0 ([5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f](https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f), released later this week).
- PYSEC-2018-262018-06-26vendor · osvUS
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).
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references (9)
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- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7cnnvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9fcnnvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011cnnvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9fenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9fPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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