Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package feedparser  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-FEEDPARSER-656938
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed11 Apr 2011

Introduced: 11 Apr 2011

CVE-2011-1158  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream feedparser package and not the feedparser package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) 5.x before 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unexpected URI scheme, as demonstrated by a javascript: URI.