ghsa-pgww-xf46-h92r
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-01-07 21:54
Modified
2024-09-30 20:20
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Summary
lxml vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "lxml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.6.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-27783"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-01-07T21:53:43Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-12-03T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml\u0027s clean module. The module\u0027s parser didn\u0027t properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user\u0027s page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.",
  "id": "GHSA-pgww-xf46-h92r",
  "modified": "2024-09-30T20:20:56Z",
  "published": "2021-01-07T21:54:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27783"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/a105ab8dc262ec6735977c25c13f0bdfcdec72a7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4286"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgww-xf46-h92r"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxml/lxml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lxml/PYSEC-2020-62.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00028.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKG67GPGTV23KADT4D4GK4RMHSO4CIQL"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMHVKRUT22LVWNL3TB7HPSDHJT74Q3JK"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/lxml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0003"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-LXML-1047473"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4810"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "lxml vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting"
}


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