CVE-2020-6816 (GCVE-0-2020-6816)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-24 21:15 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Mozilla Bleach before 3.12, a mutation XSS in bleach.clean when RCDATA and either svg or math tags are whitelisted and the keyword argument strip=False.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- mutation XSS
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mozilla/bleach/security/adviso… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.checkmarx.com/blog/vulnerabilities-di… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4277 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Mozilla Bleach |
Affected:
<=3.11
|
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