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CVE-2011-1168 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the KHTMLPart::htmlError function in khtml/khtml_part.cpp in Konqueror in KDE SC 4.4.0 through…

published 2011-04-18 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1178

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the KHTMLPart::htmlError function in khtml/khtml_part.cpp in Konqueror in KDE SC 4.4.0 through 4.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI in a URL corresponding to an unavailable web site.

Patch / fix

  • kdelibs RHEL 6 6:4.3.4-11.el6_0.2
  • kdelibs-common RHEL 6 6:4.3.4-11.el6_0.2
  • kdelibs-apidocs RHEL 6 6:4.3.4-11.el6_0.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0464

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1168 updated cvss 4.3

kdelibs: partially universal XSS in Konqueror error pages

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) kdelibs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-common 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) kdelibs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-apidocs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) kdelibs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-common 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-apidocs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) kdelibs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-common 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-apidocs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) kdelibs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-common 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2, kdelibs-apidocs 4.3.4-11.el6_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0464
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kdelibs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdelibs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695398 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • kde.org http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20110411-1.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • nth-dimension.org.uk http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20110321.txt.asc referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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