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CVE-2007-0537
The KDE HTML library (kdelibs), as used by Konqueror 3.5.5, does not properly parse HTML comments, which allows remote attackers to…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- RHSA-2007:0909 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 24889 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20070206-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- GLSA-200703-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20070124 Re: Safari Improperly Parses HTML Documents & BlogSpot XSS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-420-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 27108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1117 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24463 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 24065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10244 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22428 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24442 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0535 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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