CVE-2020-27783
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-03 16:39
Modified
2024-08-04 16:25
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
1.61% (0.70219)
Summary
A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4286Exploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKG67GPGTV23KADT4D4GK4RMHSO4CIQL/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMHVKRUT22LVWNL3TB7HPSDHJT74Q3JK/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0003/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4810Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4286Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00028.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKG67GPGTV23KADT4D4GK4RMHSO4CIQL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMHVKRUT22LVWNL3TB7HPSDHJT74Q3JK/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0003/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4810Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a python-lxml Version: lxml-4.6.2
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