{"id":"CVE-2018-0499","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-0499","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:55:34.855Z","title":"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().","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().","published":"2018-07-02T12:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:30:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["xapian/xapian-core","canonical/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.01043,"percentile":0.63972,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3709-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0499","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}