Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting easywidgets package, versions [,0.2dev-20150922)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-EASYWIDGETS-40710
  • published29 Nov 2017
  • disclosed15 Jan 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jan 2013

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade easywidgets to version 0.2dev-20150922 or higher.

Overview

easywidgets is A minimalistic approach to HTML generation and validation with TurboGears.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

When using user input to perform tasks on the server, characters like < > " ' must escaped properly. Otherwise, an attacker can manipulate the input to introduce additional attributes, potentially executing code. This may lead to a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, assuming an attacker can influence the value entered into the template.

Details

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CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1