Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-lxml package, versions *
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EPSS
0.38% (74th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHONLXML-2012173
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 18 Oct 2020
Introduced: 18 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-27783 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 python-lxml.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-lxml package and not the python-lxml package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0003/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27783
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4810
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKG67GPGTV23KADT4D4GK4RMHSO4CIQL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMHVKRUT22LVWNL3TB7HPSDHJT74Q3JK/
- https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4286
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00028.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1761
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1879
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1898
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKG67GPGTV23KADT4D4GK4RMHSO4CIQL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMHVKRUT22LVWNL3TB7HPSDHJT74Q3JK/
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