# 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 conduct

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-01-29 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## 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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