Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting python-cjson package, versions [,1.0.5]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PYTHONCJSON-40752
  • published4 Dec 2017
  • disclosed2 Jul 2010
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Jul 2010

CVE-2009-4924  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fix version forpython-cjson.

Overview

Affected versions of python-cjson are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

Dan Pascu python-cjson 1.0.5 does not properly handle a ['/'] argument to cjson.encode, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct certain cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks involving Firefox and the end tag of a SCRIPT element.

Details

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