ghsa-xp26-p53h-6h2p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:13
Modified
2024-09-30 20:17
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in LXML
Details

An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "lxml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-19787"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-28T23:26:59Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-12-02T10:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by \"j a v a s c r i p t:\" in Internet Explorer. This is a similar issue to CVE-2014-3146.",
  "id": "GHSA-xp26-p53h-6h2p",
  "modified": "2024-09-30T20:17:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:13:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19787"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/6be1d081b49c97cfd7b3fbd934a193b668629109"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp26-p53h-6h2p"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/lxml/lxml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/lxml/PYSEC-2018-12.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00044.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3841-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3841-2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/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": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in LXML"
}


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