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qutebrowser — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000559

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 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).

Products
qutebrowser
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.3.3-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-1000559
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 01:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000559

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jun 2018, 16:29 UTC

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 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).

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000559

qutebrowser

Fixed versions: 1.3.3-1

qutebrowser

Fixed versions: 1.3.3-1

qutebrowser

Fixed versions: 1.3.3-1

Complete source record
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