CVE-2018-19787

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.533

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-19787 are fixed in Python-lxml 4.2.5	Windows
SUSE-SU-2022:0895-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) python-lxml-3.6.1-8.5.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux
SUSE-SU-2022:0895-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) python-lxml-debuginfo-3.6.1-8.5.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux
SUSE-SU-2022:0895-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) python-lxml-debugsource-3.6.1-8.5.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-19787 are fixed in Python-lxml for linux 4.2.5	Linux
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability (CVE-2018-19787)	NCM

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234