01 Record

CVE-2026-77643

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 2.1.0 and before 1.4.32 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

Base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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02 Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 2.1.0 and before 1.4.32 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().

03 Metadata

Published

2026-08-20 21:23Z1 DAY AGO

Last updated

2026-08-20 21:23Z1 DAY AGO

Reserved

2026-08-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.4)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

SSVC decision

No CISA-ADP assessment

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4ba284959bfbb79af92afc49177a2ce66b6841872742aa3be20bb030f2d5b911

04 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

Xapianxapian-core2.0.0 to < 2.1.0, 0 to < 1.4.32—

05 References

bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/1144490
lists.xapian.orghttps://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-devel/2026-August/003429.html
trac.xapian.orghttps://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02#a2026-08-13update