Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/LXR/Common.pm in LXR Cross Referencer before 0.9.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to a string in the search page's TITLE element, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-4497 and CVE-2010-1625.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | lxr-cvs | 0.9.5+cvs20071020-1+lenny1 | DSA-2092-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2092-1 lxr-cvs - cross-site scripting Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- lxr-title-xss(58294) vdb-entry
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxr/files/stable/lxr-0.9.8/lxr-0.9.8.tgz/download
- [oss-security] 20100514 Re: CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100506 Re: CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100503 Re: CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100506 Re: CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100503 Re: CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- 39686 third-party-advisory
- 39865 vdb-entry
- http://lxr.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxr/lxr/lib/LXR/Common.pm?r1=1.63&r2=1.64
- http://lxr.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxr/lxr/lib/LXR/Common.pm?view=log#rev1.64
- [oss-security] 20100503 Re: CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20100503 CVE request: lxr mailing-list
- 64216 vdb-entry