Vulnerabilites related to html5lib - html5lib
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-02-22 16:59
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Summary
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of the < (less than) character in attribute values.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9Release Notes
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9Release Notes
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
html5lib html5lib *



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Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-02-22 16:59
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Summary
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of special characters in attribute values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9909.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95132Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/commit/9b8d8eb5afbc066b7fac9390f5ec75e5e8a7cab7Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/11Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/html5lib/html5lib-python/issues/12Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://html5lib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changes.html#b9Release Notes
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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CVE-2016-9910 (GCVE-0-2016-9910)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-22 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:07
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of special characters in attribute values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9909.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
Show details on NVD website


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CVE-2016-9909 (GCVE-0-2016-9909)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-22 16:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:07
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The serializer in html5lib before 0.99999999 might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging mishandling of the < (less than) character in attribute values.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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