Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-lxml-docs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHONLXMLDOCS-1993522
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Sept 2018

Introduced: 9 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-19787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 python-lxml-docs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-lxml-docs package and not the python-lxml-docs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1