konqueror XSS
Published Jan 29, 2007
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.85%
Description
The KDE HTML library (kdelibs), as used by Konqueror 3.5.5, does not properly parse HTML comments, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within a comment in a title tag, a related issue to CVE-2007-0478.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kdelibs-6:3.3.1-9.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0909
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kdelibs-6:3.5.4-13.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0909
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kdelibs-6:3.3.1-9.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0909 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kdelibs-6:3.5.4-13.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0909 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.85% (0.01854) | 78.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01796) | 75.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04095) | 88.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 2.36% (0.02361) | 84.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00936) | 74.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.76% (0.07763) | 94.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.28% (0.06280) | 93.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 7.03% (0.07027) | 93.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 6.95% (0.06951) | 93.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 3.74% (0.03743) | 91.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 11.98% (0.11984) | 95.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 10, 2024 | 10.39% (0.10387) | 94.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 3, 2023 | 1.44% (0.01445) | 85.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00668) | 77.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 0.72% (0.00724) | 78.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00600) | 75.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 26, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 70.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00460) | 71.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 67.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (25)
- http://osvdb.org/32975 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23932 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24013 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/27108 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017591 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070206-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:157 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457924/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22428 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-420-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0505 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0537 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=229606 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1117 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0537
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10244 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0537
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