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CVE-2007-0537
The KDE HTML library (kdelibs), as used by Konqueror 3.5.5,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0909.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23932
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070206-1.txt
- http://osvdb.org/32975
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-10.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457924/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-420-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27108
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24463
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017591
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24013
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10244
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:031
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0505
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22428
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24442
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
konqueror
Vulnerable Versions:
3.5.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 29th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.