Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting lxml package, versions [,3.3.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.51% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LXML-2371753
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 May 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 May 2014

CVE-2014-3146  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lxml to version 3.3.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the lxml.html.clean module in lxml before 3.3.5 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via control characters in the link scheme to the clean_html function.

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