CVE-2018-0499
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().
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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().
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 64th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- xapian/xapian-core · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 1.0% since 28 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.