Description
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).
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/5a7869f2feaa346853d2a85413d6527c87ef0d9f
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
66.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/qutebrowser
0.11.0 - 1.3.3PyPI
qutebrowser/qutebrowser
0.11.0 - 1.3.3
Published
Jun 26, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026