CVE-2018-19787 – lxml

Package

Manager: pip
Name: lxml
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <4.2.5

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00274 pctl0.5053

Details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in LXML An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.

Metadata

Created: 2022-05-13T01:13:21Z
Modified: 2024-09-30T20:17:21Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-xp26-p53h-6h2p/GHSA-xp26-p53h-6h2p.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-79"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-xp26-p53h-6h2p
Finding: F008
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