Security advisory

{
  "id": "413903d5a371e81ffe3dce8476a923464e2330c0b1118f1f146f05adb1782feb",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000559",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-1000559",
    "summary": "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).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1000559",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-1000559",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-1000559",
        "GHSA-m4fw-77v7-924m",
        "PYSEC-2018-26"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "28410b85339acd2708b864568981c83b4511da4d"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ad9b50601c82f66646088e9ebdd66613eb2e93e2"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:qutebrowser:qutebrowser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.11.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.3.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.3.2",
            "v1.3.1",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.11.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1000559.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:41.215822431Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7",
        "https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f",
        "https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-1000559",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380692,
  "published_at": "2018-06-26T16:29:02.93+00:00"
}